Quotes About Performance

Obviously, I need to be more efficient, but as far as my numbers go, I just want to see W's starting to stack up on that win column.

The biggest auditions can be the most freeing. The odds are always stacked against you and you always expect someone famous to get the part, so it eases the pressure.

In fights when I've had the odds stacked against me, I definitely perform better because it's like a challenge to me - and I always like a challenge.

It's great to have atmosphere at the stadium, but football is all about the players.

Like Good Charlotte, Green Day had a huge influence on me. Just the way they play live and the energy they bring to a show is incredible. They can really command a whole stadium.

There is no better place to put things right than at the San Siro. It's the perfect stadium to play in.

We did eight gigs in super-stadiums, all the biggest joints - L.A. Coliseum, Oakland Coliseum, Shea Stadium.

Before a race, I block out what's going on in the stadium. It's different for everyone. But for me, I've always been able to block it out. For a sprint race, it's important not to get distracted.

You can be nervous when the referee starts the game but you must get rid of all the nerves and enjoy a great stadium and great pitch.

It's always nice seeing a stadium when it's full, and as players, that's what we want to be playing in front of.

For me, Old Trafford is a stadium where you like to play and win.

That stadium, Saitama, has given me some of the best moments in my career.

Nobody is accustomed to play in front of an empty stadium.

I know when it's getting close to game time, I create a different playlist for each and every game. Before the game, to game time, to warm-ups, going to the stadium, I have a different playlist that puts me in a different mode.

I sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium - at a baseball game - which was crazy; there was, like, 60,000 people there, which is a huge deal in America - singing the National Anthem.

One of the things people don't appreciate is the mental side of things. The taker has to want to be there. He must be comfortable with being in that situation. I didn't mind the pressure, the focus of the whole stadium being on me.

I do not understand where the idea came from that opera is only for privileged people, I am as happy singing before 70,000 people at the Millennium Stadium, as I am in front of a few hundred in a small concert hall.

The idea of standing five feet away from Norah Jones and listening to her sing Neil Young's 'Down By The River' was just phenomenal. I compare that to what my kids know of at a concert, which is sitting in a stadium and watching a huge screen.

I played on this soccer team, called Hollywood United, and there were a lot of old ex-international pro-players. We played this benefit match at the Rose Bowl, and the crowd streamed in. It's so nerve-wracking to go out into a stadium, feeling a billion eyes upon you when you mess up your touches. That's an overwhelming environment.

There's an amazing intimate feeling in a small club but an insane rush playing a stadium or festival.

Getting to fight at the AT&T Stadium is a huge privilege for me and my career.

The key to hitting a lot of home runs as a player at Kauffman Stadium is that you'd better run into some on the road.

I'll never forget the first concert I basically went to. Actually, Sonny and Cher was my first concert, but U2 was my first real concert. I was 17 and saw them at JFK Stadium and had really crappy seats.

I would like to concentrate fully on football during the Euro, and I would feel much better if my family is not sitting in the stadium.