Quotes About Pressure

I was on the cover of a lot of magazines, and there were compliments about beauty and fashion and what I was wearing. Man, if you get locked into that, you can lose your freedom as an actress.

Sometimes I definitely crack up in the ring. If I tried to consciously go in there and keep a straight face, I'm sure it would be very difficult.

My dad taught me really early so I could take a lot of pressure off my elbow. Because the way I throw it, it doesn't crank up my elbow like everyone else's curveballs.

There's games you try one field goal, and if you miss that one field goal you'll feel like crap for the whole rest of the week... It doesn't do you any good.

It was just crazy anxiety, crazy, crazy, just how am I going to walk out on this court?

It is difficult to meet fan expectations, especially when people say, 'Oh, the last one was the best one.' It creates more pressure each time for the next game to top the last one.

People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves.

Credibility is someone else's idea of what I should be doing.

You don't have any credibility unless you are working on 12 films at the same time.

The first time I played Test cricket, I did OK because I had no real expectations, I was just going to enjoy it. Then I lost that.

Drama happens in big cricket matches. But also in small cricket matches.

In international cricket, the atmosphere changes, and the interest level is higher, but for a cricketer, it is still a game he has to play.

Whenever you play international cricket, there is always a challenge.

Once you start feeling the pressure, you start to struggle. That is the beauty of Indo-Pak cricket contests.

The more cricket you play in your head, the less you perform on the field. So let cricket, the sport, be on the field.

It is easy to get carried away in this Twenty20 era and think Test cricket has to be entertaining all the time.

There is no other job in major sport like a cricket captain. It is a huge job.

I've always said it's just a game of cricket. The only pressure I get is when I feel I've let the team down.

I knew there was going to be pressure on me with the captaincy. I knew people would be writing about my performances more than anyone else's, but that's not a problem because I have my dad telling me about my performance every single game, and he is my biggest critic.

If you do not play well, it is normal that they criticise you. But criticism is part of the game, so you accept it.

Being a reality star is very chaotic: it's a very dramatic job to do. I always 24/7 have to be on and ready for any type of criticism at all times.

I was playing and having a lot of success, but I also felt a lot of criticism behind it. I didn't know why.

I am used to a lot of criticism.

If you're a QB in the NFL, you'll be subjected to criticism.