Quotes About Pressure

I've got used to being on 'The Chase' and keeping nice and calm and that feels like comfort now compared to being in the spotlight and being on stage.

I'm not having to grow up in the spotlight as a 14- or 15-year-old.

Anybody in the spotlight can get lost in that if they are not careful.

In general, the spotlight has been on me.

The lifestyle I lead as a footballer means I am always in the spotlight.

A lot of kids my age can make a lot of mistakes, but college athletes that are in the spotlight, you have to grow up so much faster than regular students or regular kids your age because you are a public figure, so you get one shot, sometimes two.

I grew a very early distaste for fame and glamour because I saw what the spotlight and attention can do to you as a family, so to speak.

So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight.

You know when everyone's watching, your mom and dad, your friends in high school who thought they were better than you. You get your chance to get in the spotlight and shine.

There's a lot of instant spotlight and pressure when it comes to a Bond song.

I'm just not one of those naturally funny, relaxed actors who enjoy the spotlight and are so good at it.

I get scared of a lot of attention. I get scared of the spotlight. And I'm not talking about on the basketball court.

I find I like the spotlight for a very brief period of time... and I sort of need it. But then, the minute that it's done, I have to sort of go hide. So I was never really meant, I think, to be a performer for a living.

When you're a queer person put in the spotlight, you're supposed to have all the answers.

I think early in my development as a quarterback, before I ever got a Division I college offer or anything, my brother was in the spotlight, first-round draft pick. People expected me to be him, but I was underdeveloped, undersized, unrecruited... so it was tough at that point.

There is always pressure playing cornerback. It's just a position where you're always in the spotlight.

I'm just a person that played a game in the spotlight.

There's a lot of spotlight that comes along with being the best in the world.

Being under the political spotlight is far different than anything I'd experienced before. Every word is a critical word. Sometimes you really aren't allowed to get your full thought out. A lot of it is about having a 30-second sound bite.

Growing up in any sort of spotlight is difficult. Everything is magnified.

Growing up in the spotlight was quite possibly the worst for my self-esteem. I had a hard time finding confidence within myself.

Between 2014 and 2016, I was just, like, extremely sad. Like, really, really just not able to be in the spotlight.

There's a blessing that you're in a spotlight, but people follow you and want to keep asking you questions - it's just overwhelming sometimes.

I only want to play, don't like the life in the spotlight.