Quotes About Pressure

In the last two World Cups, I realised that when you put a lot of pressure on yourself, it does not work.

I don't want to have to look good all the time - that's not realistic.

Everyone will expect me to score in every game, which probably isn't realistic, but I'll go out trying to do that.

Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don't want it to happen to me.

A lot of those good-looking girl parts aren't very fun.

I believe a lot of players that start to think about money - 'Oh my goodness; I'm up for a new contract' - they don't have a great season because they're thinking about all these different things. Do your business on the field, and everything takes care of itself.

When you're the cash cow that lays the golden goose egg, people are always going to cheer you on, whatever.

You see kids leave drama school who are drop-dead gorgeous and they just go stratospheric instant'aneously.

I think it must be so hard to start your career with everyone going on about how gorgeous you are. To be in that bracket must be so pressurised.

I grew up with gossip mags commenting on how I looked.

I gotta win games. Because if we lose games, and I score a lot, they going to say I'm scorin' too much.

So many times, I watch games and think, 'Man, why is that guy trying to score like that? He can't do it.' But he's been told his whole life, 'You have to go get 40 if you want to be one of the top dogs.' It's my goal to build a lane where you can be a top dog, and you don't gotta go get that 40. You can go get four and still be a top dog.

People are trying to grab every part of you, so it's really hard to focus.

Sometimes I have two or three players around me, grabbing me.

When I was growing up, I'd study for days trying to get good grades. When I'd get an 'A,' I'd feel elation for about 30 seconds, and then a feeling of emptiness.

Most people who graduate from college think they have to make a perfect choice. Is it Goldman Sachs? Is it Google? Is it Apple? They think that their first job is going to determine their career, if not their life.

I don't measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can't because I'll just end up crushed.

There's so much pressure on young people to go to university when they're 18 or 19, but actually, in the grand scheme of it, I don't think it matters to do it at that time.

When things get too grand or too big, I struggle to keep up with it all.

Especially the top players, they always try to set their own form, so to say, around the Grand Slams because that's where they want to play their best.

I don't feel any pressure to live up to the legacy of my grandfather; if I did, I'd be mad. I'm as much of a fan of his work as anyone.

My decision to leave the Democrat Party was one that was not entered into lightly. The pressure of party bosses, activists, and even my colleagues, was great, but the Democrat Party has changed. It is no longer the party that my grandparents and I grew up admiring.

You have to compete with others in the field. Sometimes the competition gets pretty fierce because you're competing for funds or grants to do your work, the financial work.

Pressure is a combination of expectations, scrutiny and consequences. If the consequences are grave, then you feel more pressure and if you feel more pressure you learn how to cope with that.