Quotes About Pressure

On Rafael Nadal: Every point he plays is like match point. That's why he's the champion right now.

What really makes baseball so hard is it's retributive capacity for disaster if the smallest thing is done wrong, and the invisible presence of defeat that attends every game.

There is no position in sport as noble as goaltending.

It's a hard life as a professional cricketer. It's not as easy as everyone makes out. To survive you need a tough hide.

The thing I learned when I was playing was that your best way of winning was to make it difficult for the other team to score in the last three innings.

I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around it off the golf course.

A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines

Sometimes we get so afraid of hitting bad shots (making bad pitches), we don't let ourselves hit (pitch) good ones.

As a manager, you always have a gun to your head. It's a question of whether there is a bullet in the barrel.

My back to the goal, physically fighting off defenders, trying to bang my goals in, every week I have to do the business for this club. That's the life of a striker.

If you're going to win games, you're going to have to come up with the big hits. That's the bottom line.

This is normal, to have pressure. It's how you respond. Take the pressure, use the pressure, have fun.

Even with the quality of players that we have, they're an extremely hard side to break down and once they get on top of you, you find it difficult to stem the flow of attacks.

Thinking instead of acting is the number one golf disease.

When you're are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. Its more important than that.

The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there.

George [Steinbrenner] is a great guy, unless you have to work for him.

And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure.

When you do a movie the clock is ticking. It's like a sport.

When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.

It is cycling as a professional sport that represents the problem. It can transform someone into a liar.

I average 25 with three guys on me and they are just looking at stats I guess.

The pressure makes me more intent about each shot. Pressure on the last few holes makes me play better.

Nothing makes a player more productive than the last minute.