Quotes About Pressure

My father-in-law wanted me to join politics when the Madhya Pradesh election was going on.

If I was a normal player at West Ham and wanted to join a Chinese club, nobody would have said anything. But since I was a leader at West Ham and thought about that offer, I was suddenly a bad man.

When I wanted to join the Pandoras, my mom had an anxiety attack.

It was weird. I joined this band because my life was all about singing. Then Girls Aloud became successful, and suddenly it wasn't just about being able to sing any more. It turned into a beauty contest.

I don't think I was a control freak. I just couldn't get my head around things. When I joined Sheffield United I was told I had £5m to spend, then when I went to see the chief executive he told me if I didn't raise £350,000 no one was getting paid.

When a player joins Real Madrid's first team, they're often under pressure to be an instant success. By joining Castilla, I had the chance to understand the club and get to know the players, the culture, the country and the language.

Joining McLaren didn't add a lot of pressure but of course you want to make sure you can impress them.

Directing a television episode is no joke, and it's incredibly difficult and especially when you're acting in it as well.

The Joker,' I made the album in 17 days and it was my last shot.

I don't like the pressure to try to tell the best jokes. I'm not good at jokes.

We had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little, we went insane.

It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't even aware of it, because I was somewhere else under the deadline again.

My fear is that these kids are always going to be evaluating their self-worth in terms of whether they hit the next rung society has placed in front of them at exactly the time that society has placed it. And that's dangerous, because you're going to slip and fall in your life.

Boxing is not just about physical strength, it's about mental strength too. You have to be able to stay focused and keep your cool under pressure.

Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because we are driven into a corner and must say something.

Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because we are driven into a corner and must say somethign.

In IBD, young associates spent twenty-hour days preparing "books," the bound presentations senior bankers flipped through during meetings with corporate executives. You took a job there at your peril. After several years preparing these flip books, you either would be fired or promoted, assuming you still were alive. After several more years you would be allowed to carry the books to meetings, and at some point you might even be permitted to speak.

Thus the major take-away from the chapter is that the problems we have documented are systemic, the result of widespread institutional standards that pressure officers, either explicitly or implicitly, to direct undue attention to minority drivers.

It's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead -- and to find no one there.

Never before have we had so little time in which to do so much.

Guess what it is that turns plants to coal. Pressure. Guess what it is that turns limestone to marble. Pressure. Guess what it is that turns Briony's heart to stone. Pressure. Pressure is uncomfortable, but so are the gallows. Keep your secrets, wolfgirl. Dance your fists with Eldric's, snatch lightning from the gods. Howl at the moon, at the blood-red moon. Let your mouth be a cavern of stars.

Secrets press inside a person. They press the way water presses at a dam. The secrets and the water, they both want to get out.

Pressure is uncomfortable, but so are the gallows. Keep your secrets, wolfgirl. Dance your fists with Eldric's, snatch lightning from the gods. Howl at the moon, at the blood-red moon. Let your mouth be a cavern of stars.

Fran grounded out to the pitcher. Max popped a weak single to right field. Brendan struck out swinging. But the Tigers hopes for a winning season were down to the last out.