Quotes About Pressure

By the time my first solo record came out, I was making a handsome living as a record producer. I had worked with the Band, Janis Joplin and all of these other artists in the Albert Grossman organization. So as my so-called solo career evolved, I never felt pressure that I had to come back and top when I might've done before.

It's hard to solo when you're walking around, especially when you're in Michael Jackson's presence. There are easier things in life to do.

It's just that as a solo artist, I have more burden and responsibilities on my shoulders.

The pressures, I don't really like to think about the pressures, I like to solve them, you know what I mean. I could sit here and complain about pressures but nobody wants to hear about pressures.

Game shows are like golf and tennis are for some men. It's not like going to work.

Some people say that practice makes perfect but I just feel that the repetition works against me and I start thinking too far ahead during a show.

Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed.

Some people expect me to be funny all the time, and I'm not necessarily funny all the time.

There are just some things about being president that are difficult.

I want somebody to push me and grill me and extract a performance out of me which nobody expects.

I don't believe in calling someone and having a big chat, because that puts a lot of added pressure on them. If somebody is doing something or involved in fielding practice, then a little chit-chat at that time helps because it's informal and doesn't add any pressure.

If you tell someone, 'Hey, your daughter is going to win a Nobel Prize someday,' it makes it less likely. If you say, 'Your son is in danger of dropping out in the ninth grade,' it could make it more likely.

I love working in theater because it's such a challenge to have the audience right there in front of you. If you mess up, you have to figure it out and keep going. There's no take two! I do hope to return to the stage someday. I really love to sing.

My brother told me when I came in the NFL, if they cut Peyton Manning, they're going to cut you someday too. That's always a realization for anybody in our livelihood.

I've wanted somehow to convey to you the sensations - the atmospheric pressure, you might say - of what it is to be seriously a long-term prisoner in an American prison.

My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.

You write a book and you finish the book. That's your job done, right? You win the Booker and you have a whole new job. You have to be the thing, right? So instead of writing the story, you somehow are the story. And that I found that sort of terrible.

When someone screams at me to hurry up, I slow down.

I think a movie is a great date idea for younger couples. It takes the pressure off, since something else is entertaining you. It's also good for couples in a very comfortable relationship.

It must be really difficult to be normal.

When we know Love, fear has no value in our presence. There is no pressure to perform and mask our humanity. We can BE and when we BE. We can inspire others to BE.

I love going to other people's weddings, but I have never desired a big white wedding for myself, and it has never been put on me as a pressure, an expectation.

Being hated isn't easy, you know. You just cannot falter meeting their expectations.

If you put me on a pedestal, I will fall off because I can never achieve the perfection of your expectations.