Quotes About Pressure

At Roma, it's not easy: if you win three games, you've won the league title; if you lose one, everything is bad.

It seems Barcelona are expected to win every title, but it is not always like this. People think Barca win automatically, but that's not the case.

I'm over this thing of being champion, having the title.

Everyone is in their own bubble with stresses, pressures, and expectations on themselves - no matter what job title they have. Mine just happened to involve playing in front of a lot of people, but my issues would be no different from any other person's.

I don't think there's any extra pressure fighting in my hometown. It's just added motivation. Real pressure was fighting against 30,000 fans in the champion's hometown for my first title against Kell Brook.

I was champion, off and on, for quite a few years, and I never missed one title match from an injury. I got hurt lots of times, but the reality is you've got so much pinned on you and so much tied onto you, the company and your peers can't afford for you to get hurt.

These days we seem more bound to our bosses than ever before. We even identify our own selves with the jobs we do: 'What do you do?' is the first question we ask each other at parties, as if a job title could express a fundamental truth about our personality.

I knew before I arrived that the pressure at a club that challenges for the title grows quickly. The season is long; we'll become stronger with every game.

It's hard when you win the title to not think, 'I'm here. Now what do I do?'

I want to be challenged every week; I want to know that my title is on the line, and I have to fight to keep it.

I want people talking about me as a great fighter - from being a prospect with the big pressure as soon as I turned professional, then going on to win the world title.

When you play for Manchester United, any year you don't win the title, you feel like you haven't done your job.

I was under pressure in my first season at Valencia, and we won the title. Two years later, I was under more pressure there, and we won the title and the UEFA Cup.

Italy won the world title in 2006 and went out in the group phase in 2010 and 2014. They didn't make it beyond the first round. You don't win things because of your history, the shirt, or the names on the teamsheet.

I know how quickly it can all change. I nearly won the title at Liverpool, and everybody's saying, 'Sign him up' - then, very quickly, I was out.

When I arrived at Liverpool, the budget was £20m gross. When I left, it was £17m, but still people said I must win the title. Manchester United had around £50m more every year, but they said I must compete against them.

For Feyenoor,d the biggest game is Ajax, but if Sparta are going to play for the title, then that will be the biggest game. It depends how both teams are doing.

If you've led the championship after seven races you should be fighting for the title.

The reality of this sport is champions make a heck of a lot more than non-champions, so the pressure to keep the title in order to keep earning that money is immense.

When you are getting to No. 1 you're always chasing a dream. And then when you're there your focus changes because the expectation to defend that title is massive.

Having these colossal accolades and titles, they get in the way.

I now have Youth Olympic, Olympic and European Games titles, which is a dream. I didn't fight that well and just scraped through a lot of the fights, but winning is a relief, and it's more points towards the Rio Olympics, which takes a bit of pressure off me.

I normally take a long time finding titles. I finish the book and go into sweats for months afterwards trying to think of them.

When you start the match, you forget that you are No. 1, you have all the titles. You just have the battle ahead in front of you.