Quotes About Pressure

I wanted to look at the mentality that can breed that sort of intensity, that kind of cutthroat, pressure-cooker feeling, especially a form of music like jazz, that should be - or you'd think should be - all about liberation and improvisation and everything.

I never knew how tough it was to play that 14-second shot clock mentality.

I put the most pressure on myself. I'm so critical and I think that's a hard mentality to live with. You're not really satisfied with anything you do.

I think you can get so mentally beat by kind of working yourself up too much.

I went from being one of the best players, batting .550, to not being able to do it mentally, hitting .200. I thought I was mentally tough. But I couldn't hit the ball.

I used to struggle mentally in these preseason games because you know you're not going to be in there long.

Sometimes you have a good game and mentally you are very tired.

To be a supersub is mentally hard.

Anytime that your name is up in a trade, I'm sure it can affect you mentally, and that obviously carries over to the court.

Centre-back takes more out of you mentally than physically.

Since we were getting a lot of love from fans, that means we have to try to meet their expectations. This was mentally giving the members a very hard time.

I don't put much pressure on myself, because I'm strong mentally.

I'm mentally drained even when I'm just sitting on the bench and not playing.

I would audition for 50-60 ads in a month and would get nothing. It affected me not just mentally but also physically. I put on 14 KGs in those two years.

We're so trained to be 'mentally tough,' in sports.

I think one of the hardest things to do in the league is not having a great year, but it's having a better year when you had a great year. All the attention is going to be on you, all the pressure is going to be on you. The challenge you're going to have is more mentally than anything else.

You have to play with the mentality that you are about to lose your job, and that they're going to talk about 'The Other Guy' first. You have to think, 'I want my name mentioned first.'

I really want to be a mentor to other Islander kids, because I understand the pressure they are under from their parents.

There are two things that Jack Bauer never does. Show mercy, and go to the bathroom.

You either have commercial pressure or ideological pressure. I prefer commercial pressure; otherwise, you can be at the mercy of one or two idiots.

That's the last thing I want to do is go on up there and mess up, you know, in front of America.

You're in a mess, and in excess.

That can definitely mess with your music - if you overthink. 'What's radio going to think?' or 'What are these people going to think?'

I'm always thinking 'Don't mess this up.'