Quotes About Pressure

The last thing you want is to be desperate in Hollywood.

I like it when the captain comes to me and says, 'We're really desperate for a wicket, can you get us one?' or when we really need something to happen in a Test match.

I knew that was going to be the last chance to play in the Champions League final - I was desperate to win, I put a lot of pressure on myself. Finally I got hold of that cup - it was the defining moment of my career. I got really emotional and nearly fainted on the pitch.

I despised trying to lose weight, and I resented everyone that made me feel like I had to.

'Drama' was put together quickly; there were a lot of intense, 16-hour days. Despite the pressure, it was a lot of fun, and the end result was an album I'm very proud of.

I watch actors destroy themselves by trying to get it right.

In England, when an athlete gets to the top, we do our best to destroy him.

I get extremely detail-oriented. In my most stressed-out days, I get way more focused on those details than anyone should be.

All writers are forced to live within deadlines, and deadlines determine how good they can be.

I think that having a public career is a bargain with the devil.

By creating a context of pressure, I can exact more preciseness, more brilliance. It's just as if coal is subjected to enormous pressure, you can get a diamond.

I'm like coal under pressure. I turn into a diamond.

Dickens had more energy than anyone in the world, and he expected his sons to be like him, and they couldn't be.

It's not easy trying to match the likes of Diego Forlan, Diego Costa and Radamel Falcao.

Players live a different life. They've been blessed. They live in a bubble and they live in a world where they get everything really. They've become film stars.

You can lose who you are so easily when you're being so many things to so many different people.

Reality programming and social media make the game board bigger; they increase the number of runners on the track, each lunging at the finish line to be the first chest to hit the tape.

I feel like I have a target on my back, but ain't nobody hitting it.

I know I've probably got a massive target on my back now, because everyone wants to be better, to beat me.

I used to show my emotions too much. I had to get rid of that because the opposition would notice and start to target me. If I did something wrong, I would take it out on myself, but it is important in football to concentrate for 90 minutes.

If you have a game where you're under pressure, obviously there are going to be a lot of shots on target, and you're going to make saves, but you can't say you played well in a game where you concede five goals. It's ridiculous.

There's a certain amount of pressure that comes from playing real people. It's a pressure to deliver something fair and right to the real person and any living relatives. But generally, it's a joy, as you get to target your interest on a particular era.

I'm in the studio 24 hours a day. It's true that once you get a certain level of success, you become a target. Talk magazine should be ashamed of themselves.

I want the target on my back. I want everybody to come after me. That's been my goal since I started fighting.