Quotes About Pressure

It doesn't matter if they buy me for, I don't know, £38 million or £40m - I am not guaranteed to play the games.

When you're a 'product' for a lot of people, they're only really after one thing, and so it's hard to completely let down your guard.

The problem is when you start comparing numbers to other point guards. The league is about numbers, and it's crazy. You make those comparisons, and I'm losing every battle.

Guard some point guards, late shot clock, hopefully they miss.

You need your senior players in pressure situations to guide the team.

As a woman and as a mother, as a young mother, I felt guilty about being successful.

When I was in my 20s, I felt guilty if I didn't exercise - now I feel guilty if I do. It's time I could be spending with my family.

When I turn down work, I feel guilty, I feel terrible; I don't know where the next job is going to come from.

Sometimes you think you aren't a good mama; you always feel a bit guilty when you're a mom. You want to be everywhere.

I feel extremely guilty that I've had to put team-mates through extra media questions.

I really didn't want to stay in Los Angeles. I was working constantly and feeling so guilty that I wasn't at home.

If somebody needed a guitar player for a tour and I was free and it was the right situation, I'd do it and it would be good fun. There would be much less pressure if I just had to stand there and play leads.

I feel weird talking about it, because how can I, as the guitar player of Slipknot, sit here and say, 'Oh, I have trouble.' You know what I mean?

The trickiest thing about the double bind is that it operates imperceptibly, like shots from a gun with a silencer.

When the game is on the line, I want to be the go-to guy. I feel like that separates the good from the great receivers.

I know there's a lot of guys would love to see me fail.

HD is not forgiving. Once you see your face for the first time in a movie cinema, you run straight to the gym.

An actor's life is abnormal! It feels like I'm being watched all the time, whether I'm at a restaurant, gym, or anywhere. I sometimes feel I don't want to be looked at.

When I compete, I tell myself to be calm. It's not something that's the rest of your life. You're in gymnastics for fun.

When you play, you do not ask yourself how it feels to be on the bench. You have to live it to understand how difficult it is to be there without being there. To enter a match knowing you do not have the confidence of the coach. To play when you simply don't have the habit of playing.

I still have this habit, I guess, continued from college, where I procrastinate up until the last moment.

The first time I met Alex Rodriguez, he was in the fight of his life. He was the guy who was supposed to have everything - good looks, good health, good habits - all the talent in the world and most of the money.

As a mother, you're only allowed to talk about the 'good' moments - not the ones when you've had enough and want to be on your own. Or just want to be a woman, not a mother.

You know, I have been thinking about this a lot, and of course I had great stress during all this election campaign. And a lot of times, I was ready to step away because I wasn't sure that I had enough strength to continue.