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Quotes About Nervousness

Drugs scared me.
~ Larry David
I'm scared of a lot of things.
~ Rita Ora
It's so scary to go on stage. I used to throw up before I went on stage, every time.
~ Joel Kinnaman
Once you score big runs at the start of your international career, you get really confident because that is one part which is really tough, as every player is nervous at the start of the career.
~ Shikhar Dhawan
If I'm put in a situation where I am not really sure what's going to happen, it can be overwhelming. I get a bit anxious.
~ Misty Copeland
The first time I did a show, I definitely didn't get any money. My friend just let me do this show. I was so nervous: my mic didn't work, and I was like, 'Urgh.' It was terrible. It was a dingy club off of the highway, but all these people came. It was packed out.
~ Kali Uchis
I moved from New York to El Paso in 2015, just before my senior year. I was super nervous. My mom, she's in the Army, and she got stationed at Fort Bliss. We packed everything up and drove all the way to El Paso.
~ Khalid
I've gotten a lot more paranoid in my older age.
~ Kurt Vile
I'm sometimes a little bit paranoid.
~ Bill Kaulitz
The first event I vividly remember was competing at the Junior Olympics in Seattle, Washington. It was my first major competition outside of Texas, and I remember being very nervous. I could not control my nerves, and I threw a few fouls.
~ Michelle Carter
We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only one shot to get it right in concert. It was hard the first time I practiced with them. I was so nervous that my vocal chords were paralyzed for about a half-hour.
~ Amy Tan
Oh my God, nothing compares to the pre-horse show jitters! It's like going on 'American Idol' or 'The Voice' all the time, because you're just going and getting judged for your entire show.
~ Noah Cyrus
In the moments before a game starts my stomach turns around as if I had to vomit. Then I have to choke so violently until my eyes tear.
~ Per Mertesacker
If you are very nervous, it is going to affect you and you start feeling tired or anxiety sets in.
~ George Groves
We can barely deal with men who set their own rules; to ask us to accept a woman who is individualistic, passionate, beautiful and yes, possibly annoyingly arrogant, makes us just a little nervous.
~ Barkha Dutt
It's something to be anxious about, Manley said, if you want to be anxious about something.
~ Jonathan Franzen
When you are not able to score the first goal, maybe we get nervous and don't 100% feel the confidence is there and we have to be patient.
~ Ilkay Gundogan
Generally I find that kids ask better questions than you get with adults. Something that kids will do a lot is, they're so nervous, and they're not really paying attention, so they'll ask the same question someone just asked. And you're trying to be nice and not embarrass them any more than they are already.
~ James Patterson
I've come to a point where I am less nervous when I am supposed to start a film. I am still super nervous on the day but I've lost a lot of my fear about what kind of perception people have about my film.
~ Vikramaditya Motwane
I'm too scared to perform onstage. I'm not very good with big crowds.
~ Alex Pettyfer
I'm always nervous when I perform anyway.
~ Jarvis Cocker
Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over.
~ Brenda Blethyn
When a performer doesn't get nervous, that is when you have to give up.
~ Bruce Forsyth
I've always been an anxious performer. I've never liked performing.
~ Rose Matafeo