Quotes About Pressure

The expectations and pressure doesn't mean you change. That's something that's always been instilled in me, and doesn't matter what the situation or what the game means, I'm always going to approach the game the same way.

I always practise penalties, but what people don't understand is that you can never recreate that pressure situation that you're under.

If I'm in a pressurised situation, I've learned to breathe, chill myself out and be calm.

A pressure situation is not a happy feeling.

You can practice against each other, but there's something about a game situation.

I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once.

There's an inner feeling you get when you get in a situation to do well in a game. It's hard to explain.

The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.

I feel I handle the pressure situations well, and that's why I want to be there at the end.

As a kid, I used to see how Sachin Tendulkar used to win matches under pressure for India in Sharjah or other places. So I was always keen to repeat the same in similar situations. I don't take pressure on myself when I am in the middle. I love pressure, and I always believe that pressure makes you more focused.

I shoot the ball so well that sometimes you fall in love with it and think it'll get you out of certain situations.

I just feel like I've been in a lot of high-pressure situations, and I think I'm able to stay poised in those situations.

I always talk about, like, with end-of-game situations, making and missing big shots, I know I can shoulder that. I can live with having the success of the playoffs and having a huge failure. I know I can deal with it.

I've been in pressure situations before. All my life it's been about pressure and having to get it done. Just because you say it publicly, it does not make me afraid of it or make me shy away from it.

I'm not good at being lionized, and when I'm in 'Grateful Dead'-type situations, that happens.

There's a certain gravity in Stokes, due to the situations I have to handle.

Plus, when you get in tough situations, like the bases loaded and nobody out, you never give in.

I like situations that push a character to the edge.

There have been situations where the people you're around have one vision for you, and it's like trying on a jacket that doesn't fit.

There's always a bit of nerves that come with expectations and new situations.

If I'm really under pressure to get work done, I can adapt to most situations, but I prefer to be at home, in a comfortable chair, with as few distractions as possible.

There's a lot of focus on kids like Macaulay Culkin or others who had bad situations at some point in their careers and not enough focus on the people who do good like Natalie Portman or Claire Danes. It's hard for children to have these full-time jobs with all this responsibility.

I've been in a lot of pressure situations; I know what I can do.

I've had situations where producers would be like, 'Could you meet me? Take the train; don't tell your parents.'