Quotes About Pressure

The expectations are high, so we know: If we do not meet them, there is criticism. We have high expectations ourselves. We are not happy with fourth, third, or second, either.

Everybody's got high expectations for me. I just don't want to let anybody down.

At UCLA, there will always be high expectations. That's why you want to play here or coach here.

My second year was particularly difficult because I had high expectations.

Every player at a high level faces pressure and must respond, and I am ready for that, too.

I want it because I love it. I loved it my whole career. I've always played with a lot of pressure, since I was a little kid. That's what I need. That's what I need to perform at a high level and that's what I need to bring the best out of me.

When your back is against the wall, your brain has to function at a high level.

I've dealt with expectations my whole life and have been blessed to be able to play at a high level, whether it's football or baseball.

I'm used to playing for a high level team that expects to win, to be competing at this level.

It is high time to declare an end to the breastfeeding dictatorship that is drowning women in guilt and worry just when they most need support: after the birth of a child.

With high-profile jobs, comes pressure and competition.

That's the buzz you want as a footballer - to perform well in the big high-profile games.

The high-profile fights are what matter to me because I have a family to take care of. That's how I put food on the table. That's my job.

Players are under such pressure in crucial moments, especially at the highest level with what is on the line.

I can't afford to do the highlight dunk and miss it because, if I do that, I'll be sitting right on the bench beside the coaches.

I'm highly anxious, ambitious, and very hard on myself.

The job is always with you, 24/7. I played over 400 games as a player and the highs aren't as high when you win and when you're a player the low isn't as low when you get beaten. It really spikes and dips as a manager.

It's emotional highs and lows in the game of golf.

There's times where I get emotionally hijacked, then I'll try and force something and do something.

In Beverly Hills, the faster you climb, the harder you fall.

Of course he chanted with the rest: it was impossible to do otherwise. To dissemble your feelings, to control your face, to do what everyone else was doing, was an instinctive reaction.

Reality only exerts its pressure through the needs of everyday life - the need to eat and drink, to get shelter and clothing, to avoid swallowing poison or stepping out of top-storey windows, and the like.

It's curious how it gets you down to have a sticky neck.

It has been denied that any direct pressure was exerted by the Russian Government, but the point is not of great importance, for the Communist parties of all countries can be taken as carrying out Russian policy, and it is not denied that the Communist Party was the chief