Quotes About Pressure

When you have controversial parents, people have expectations about you. If every day at work I thought to myself, 'How does this relate to them?' I'd be paralyzed.

I think that opening up on Twitter helps people see that there are things that I deal with that they can relate to. Maybe it's not exactly the same as having a famous mom, but maybe their dad puts pressure on them to be a doctor, and they don't want to be a doctor.

I've got so many things coming across my desk right now that are nonfootball related, I can't stand it.

After Mason was born, I'd feel guilty doing anything that wasn't related to work.

I think in T20, things are related to pressure, and if you handle it well, you are on top of your game. I think about process and not too much about results.

I've never been a straight guy, but it certainly seems that being one is exhausting. Every part of a straight guy's day is somehow related to him letting people know that he's straight.

I developed a deep sadness for celebrities, a pity that they often are caught in a plastic world that runs too hard and too fast, and that many times that world means destroyed relationships with everyone they know and love.

I don't deal at all well with the relative amount of stuff I have to face already.

I think women - relative to men - tend to feel that they have to do the household chores on top of everything else. This becomes even worse once you have kids. It's enough to have a full time job; a full time job plus a family is even more.

It was very difficult to go from relative anonymity to such huge success in such a short space of time.

When guys talk about going to the league in college, they're thinking about flash and bling. But my first taste of the NFL was a relatively small non-guaranteed contract, a crappy room at an extended stay hotel and a sense of panic every time my phone rang because it might be the cut guy.

I want to be able to savour life while I'm still relatively young and when I'm still relatively healthy enough to do all the things I want to do, like travel, spend more time with my family and grandchildren without the huge pressure that comes with being a football manager.

When I was born, some of our relatives came to our house and told my mother, 'Don't worry, next time you will have a son.'

FDR once said he was like a cat, that he would pounce and then relax. That's much harder to do in the 24-hour cable world, because it's almost like the press demands of you to be saying something or doing something every day.

To relax in the Premier League is not good.

I've always got such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them.

Ahead of a semi-final, there is always the same buzz. You know you are very close to reaching the final, but there is no way you can relax because then you will be punished.

In football you can never know. You relax and in one second it causes pressure.

When our backs are on the wall, that's the time when we enjoy having fun, relax out there, do our thing, don't get the pressure on, see the results, day by day, game by game.

In football, the Champions league semi-final does not allow you to relax.

When every moment is constantly being filmed, it's hard to relax.

Playing live is my natural element. It's too hard to relax in the studio because there are too many options. It's just not as exciting.

When you have a big lead, you relax and don't concentrate as much.

When there's downward pressure on growth, one choice is to adjust economic policy, increase deficits, relax monetary policy. That might have a short-term benefit, but may not be beneficial for the future.