Quotes About Pressure

We're eyeball to eyeball, and the other fellow just blinked.

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.

Anytime you play golf for whatever you've got, that's pressure. I'd like to see H.L. Hunt go out there and play for $3 billion.

You don't know what pressure is until you play for $5 with only $2 in your pocket.

When I come into a game in the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, no one out and a one-run lead ... it takes people off my mind.

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment, but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he must- in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures-and that is the basis of all morality.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death. -General Omar N. Bradley This morning I threw up at a board meeting. I was sure the cat was out of the bag, but no one seemed to think anything about it; apparently it's quite common for people to throw up at board meetings.

Tomorrow night I appear for the first time before a Boston audience - 4000 critics.

Culture, with us, ends in headache.

We all choke, and the man who says he doesn't choke is lying like hell. We all leak oil.

My God, this is a hell of a job. I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends, my goddamn friends. They're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights.

Performance releases pressure.

I've always had such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them.

You don't get ulcers from what you eat. You get them from what's eating you.

I think the first Soulfly album is one of the strongest records I've ever made. It was definitely the most difficult album to record. There was a lot of pressure and anger going on at the time. It felt like a therapy session in many ways, but that's why I think it's such a truthful album. It holds up.

I just love the pressure, truthfully, man.

When you try to do everything perfectly, it gets very tiring.

I'm pretty demanding with myself and my work, and I always put a lot of pressure on myself. I try to do the best job I can every time.

It is hard to be number one, and it is even harder to stay there because everyone is trying to knock you off the top.

The trap for an actor is that you become too successful at what you're trying to do, and you can find yourself stuck there.

When I'm on stage, it's really intense. My mind is going a million miles an hour, trying to remember my act, trying to say it all the right way. It's funny how different it looks and how it's happening. There are three Fellini circuses in my head, and outwardly it looks like I'm going to get a bagel.

If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.

I think that documentaries are bound by journalistic ethics, and I think they have the pressure of trying to entertain someone for 90 minutes. It's hard, but it's the same question no matter what you're doing. Every film I've done, I've approached it the same way with the same level of respect.

Every day, you get up, and the world is changing; your customers are expecting more from you. Your competitors are putting pressure on you by doing more and trying to beat you here and beat you there.