Quotes About Pressure

Having been built in the fashion I was as a child - created and then deflated - has left me with a distinct feeling of failure. Because I did not live up to my precocity, I experience it to be like a cross between a has-been and a never-was.

I always hated when I had to do the promos, especially because I got to push their agenda and try to tell you that this championship match is more important than anything in the world to me. Come on. No, it's not.

For my entire Duke career, people were gunning for us and hating us and wanting us to lose, so I got used to that right away. Every team is going to give you their best shot. Everyone wants to beat you.

Yes, it's true that the way I play is very heavy and I understand the hatred that people who do not know me can have me to me.

When you make the biggest film in the history of Bollywood, 'Ra.One,' and get so much flak, it drains you... haunts you for years.

Don't get me wrong; it's not like I didn't go out and have fun. But there's been a lot of players that come to New York and get caught up in the lifestyle, and before you know it, they're sent away to another team because it affected their performance.

When I try to be perfect, it makes me not have fun.

I'm not under any pressure other than to go out and have fun.

It's a game. Don't put too much pressure on yourself that you can't have fun.

There's pressure and it's nerve-wracking, particularly in the Champions League. So you need to be able to free yourself to a certain extent and have fun in what you are doing.

I haven't done the milestoney things - getting married, buying a house, having children.

I'm an 18-year-old boy, and I'm having fun. I'm just not having as much fun as people make out.

I'm not under any pressure. I'm just a kid having fun playing basketball.

Why was I considering retirement at the age of just 25? Because I really wasn't having fun on court.

Every job carries occupational hazards.

The burdens of being a head coach are different from being an assistant. If I had been an assistant coach for awhile, then become a head coach, I probably would have lasted longer.

As a head coach, you're on two lists. You're the guy that might get fired, or you're the guy who might go somewhere.

The amount of pressure that I've put on myself as a defensive coordinator for the last 10, 11 years, I really believe there's a lot more decisions that go into that position than the head coach.

Working as a head coach always seemed to be a bit short term. You lose five games and you're out of a job.

When you're a head coach there's never a minute of the day when you're not thinking about your team. But when things aren't going well any problems are just accentuated.

Sometimes, I wonder where my place in this town called 'Hollywood' is - and that can give you a really dull headache.

I'm always the favorite heading into fights. My accomplishments don't get credit because I'm supposed to win.

It is a big responsibility to headline on pay-per-view.

We try not to let pressure get into our heads and play the way we usually do.