Quotes About Pressure

I'm in a position where whatever I do, I can get my head handed to me. I'm in a position to fail because there is a whole group of people out there who want me to fail. It's a weird vibe.

And you pretend it doesn't bother you, When you just want to explode.

Fame has a lot of baggage to carry around. I wouldn't want to be like Bruce Springsteen. I don't need that much money and wouldn't want to have 20 bodyguards following me.

You have to understand where you are on the continuum. I feel I have to be the criminal mastermind on the mound if I want to win.

I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.

I don't feel any pressure to be funny at all. I'm funny because I want to be funny. I could sit here and be serious for an hour and you would go away and make me much funnier than I am.

Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do.

Being famous is like a dream come true but it's really difficult because you lose your freedom. I don't want to lose being a kid.

Everybody in L.A. wants to be an actor. I just wish I could meet somebody who doesn't act or sing.

He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard.

I just don't feel comfortable anymore with the kind of attention that I'm getting. It's purely the numbers of people that want a bit of the Cure or want a bit of me.

Everybody sacrifices something in an attempt to reach what they think society wants.

I've learned to relax more. Everybody feels pressure in what they do, maybe mine is just a little different because there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to accomplish what I want to.

Fans feel they know me, so they want me to be on-the-spot funny, and it's hard to fulfil their expectations.

And I want you to know that I have had the greatest support from President Bateman. I could coach as long as I want to and never felt any pressure to reach a decision.

If you have the expectation that I have to be a certain way, then I feel the obligation to be that way. The truth is I am not what you want me to be.

For an athlete, the biggest pressure comes from within. You know what you want to do and what you're capable of.

This is the way I want to die. Torn apart by angry fans who want me to play a different song.

Pop culture hales you and wants you to fail.

You put deadlines on people you really don't want, because that's how you feel about them.

I still get really nervous, though, before each performance. It kind of hits about 15 minutes before we go onstage - sometimes I don't even want to go on. But once I'm onstage I'm fine

When you make a lot of money for a record company, they don't want you to evolve. Growing older, you naturally do.

I love playing females that are put into these pressure-cooker situations, but they're real. I didn't want to be this kind of Lara Croft superwoman.

I don't think the fossil fuel industry will listen, not until we build up a lot of pressure. I do think we can persuade some shareholders that they don't want to be involved in this enterprise.