Quotes About Courage

I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.

It's tough, but I have to remember that this is my passion and what I love, and that's how I keep the nerves from kicking in.

Nerves are good. They keep you alive.

You have to bury nerves, because they can either destroy you or give you that extra boost. You have to use your nerves in a good way. Don't let them destroy you.

As I've got older, the nerves aren't there anymore; they just left one day when I was at Watford. I only feel excitement now, whatever the game.

It takes a lot of nerves to be a sports entertainer and to be in front of those big crowds.

I learned that if you want something, you've got to really go for it, try to put the nerves aside.

I like to carry some nerves with me for each fight.

The first time I sang in front of an audience, I was about 14 - it was at my guitar school's showcase, and there were about 30 people there. I was so nervous, but I did it.

You're confident, you're going to the ring to fight, but there's always that little thing where you're thinking, 'God.' You're nervous. But you have to embrace it and enjoy it.

If my mother hadn't encouraged me, I would be nervous and feeling like I'm doing something wrong.

After I lost my legs, I got invited to my old high school, and I shared my stories with all the classes. I remember I was so nervous and didn't know where to start, but I knew I had information they could take away.

Confrontation makes me nervous.

I get very nervous before I get on the stage, but once I'm on the stage, I'm just, you know, me. Nothing hurts me.

I'm never nervous around anyone, which I think is a real key to my success. I was never nervous around anyone!

At first, I ain't gon' lie, I used to be a little nervous about what people were gon' think about my music, but once I let that go, then everything started happening.

I'm not nervous standing with anyone.

There's a certain weird something. I'm always nervous when I spar. You learn it's going to hurt, but it's only going to hurt for a little bit. It brings out the animal in you to an extent. You learn what you can take.

If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death.

I'm not a daredevil. I don't fly without a safety net.

I love living without a net.

I didn't have that when I invented MyPillow. I didn't have a safety net.

I am proud that in the Netherlands I can come out for my homosexuality, and I'd like to keep it that way.

It was a big step for me in the Netherlands: to leave home at the age of 18.