Quotes About Pressure

One thing that is 100% certain is that emotions are always incredibly high in a match and, I would imagine, definitely more so in a grand slam final.

In Grand Slam, you play every two days, five-set match. You have a little bit more time to make mistake.

It's a joke how tough it is to win a Slam.

If you get to No 1, people say, 'But you didn't win a Grand Slam.' You cannot win, because you can say the same the other way round. In my opinion, both are really important. If you want to finish your career really happy with what you did, you have to win both.

I was getting, at like 18, 'Why haven't you won a Grand Slam yet?'

Grand Slam matches are always tough.

Seriously, who doesn't want to slap a 27-year-old movie star?

I never played against my own age, and I was one of the best players. That's when I would get really nervous, maybe not sleep the night before a game.

When I read the script sometimes, it's like 'Christ! Enough!' I can't sleep at night sometimes. There's the occasional script that just hammers you, that you can't shower off.

By keeping patients awake for longer, we build up a strong sleep pressure.

The more I read about feeding times, sleep times and waking-up times, the more inadequate and miserable I felt.

Everyone wants to be famous; so do I. But I cannot lose sleep over it.

The people who know me do not ask me about the next book or how it's going. They ask, 'Jason, are you sleeping?' because they know my brain will not shut down.

Some guys have trouble sleeping the night before an important round. I never have. Invariably, I sleep longer and better, and have more dreams, when I'm in contention and feeling pressure.

Motherhood is like a big sleeping bag of guilt.

I let football drive me crazy. If we lost, I would shut myself away for two or three days, not sleeping, torturing myself about what I did.

I have sleepless nights before press days.

I put so much pressure on myself to be perfect. Between homework and sports and drama and being social, I slept about four hours a night through high school and college.

When I was 15 or 16 - I slept really well then. Now I sleep on a bed of anxiety-tipped nails.

Games are often won or lost on the free-throw line. This isn't about slick moves or great skills. It's about practice, muscle memory, and being able to keep a cool head under pressure.

When you pinch-hit, you know you're getting their best guys, and usually it's a reliever and a guy that's got a really good slider or a really good fastball.

I always had a slight problem in that my older brother is extremely bright. He's a neurophysiologist and a don at Magdalen College, and I always felt I was stupid because I couldn't get anything like the same results as him.

My mother was a high-strung perfectionist. She would check my homework for the slightest imperfection and demand that it be redone if she detected any flaws, which she invariably did. My father, in contrast, was easy going and affable and delighted in helping me with any project.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I tell my wife when she's listening to my songs that the slightest hint of whether she likes it or not puts the pressure on me.