Quotes About Pressure

When you play a tiebreaker, you dont have time to think of anything, ... You have to go for your shots because one shot can make such a difference. Thats the kind of shot that can break an opponent.

It was hard to sing like how I wanted to because playing live I had to just be at the top of my lungs all the time, and it made me sound like I had a really bad cold or something.

It's quite stressful knowing that every time you walk out the door, someone is going to be giving you a very good look up and down, judging everything you wear.

As an actor, and especially as a young woman, there's so much pressure to look good all the time and it really detracts from what our job really is about, which is portraying a different person.

As a writer and a director, I simply don't have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make because of the fixed and tight production schedule.

'American Graffiti' was unpleasant because of the fact that there was no money, no time, and I was compromising myself to death.

The main downside was that it [fame] happened so quickly and I didn't have time to establish what kind of person I wanted to be.

The big problem is time. I don't have enough of it to do all the things I think about doing.

The difficult thing about shooting a television series is that you never have enough time. You really don't.

Having to make a blockbuster every time puts unhealthy pressure on creatives. The pressure on the filmmakers is so intense, I think it stifles the creativity.

It's a buzz every time you perform under pressure.

In Hollywood, you feel a responsibility to look less disheveled than you are. But I'm a mom, and I'm not good at putting time into prepping.

Economics is a slave-driver. No one has free time; no one has any leisure.

There does seem to be some evidence that as people get older, they procrastinate less, perhaps because they feel the pressure of time more.

It's the only time that I'm ever nervous on stage, is when we're doing live TV. Especially an awards show, because I know you can't fix it.

I find overtime exciting. You don't have time to think about anything.

There are a whole bunch of people who don't like to shop. But there are also people, maybe, who even do like to shop but are very time pressured. And so shopping online can save people time.

I'm a good party guest...the problem is, I feel like I'm working all the time. "Give us an Elvis Presley story! Give us a Frank Sinatra story!"

I had a lot of expectations placed on me because I was already having some success with my short stories. That was not a good situation to be in. That by itself took a long time to overcome.

I can't be under arrest now... I don't have time.

Writer's block is for people who have the luxury of time.

Every time I set foot on the Bernabeu turf I got the jitters, a kind of anxiety that takes hold of you the moment you step out into the glare of the floodlights.

TV show is always challenging. It's challenging when you have all of the time and money in the world, and it's more challenging when you have less money.

In hospitals there is no time off for good behavior.