Quotes About Pressure

In addition, as citizens, we must fight in their incipient stages all movements by government or party or pressure groups that seek to limit the legitimate liberties of any of our fellow citizens.

I'm not one to bow under immense pressure. I know how to deal with it. As a youth player growing up and playing for England, you deal with it then and get used to it. You just carry on into the bigger stages, and it has become natural to me.

Everyone becomes a lot more focused when you come towards the critical stages of the season.

When family and friends go to Everton, they tell me that there's a moment when I get the ball, and fans get to their feet in anticipation. There's so much at stake that people live under permanent pressure.

When you play a semi-final, it is impossible to be tired. You know how much is at stake.

At times like that it's difficult to remember what's at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel so cut off sometimes, it can be tough... Which is why it is an enormous advantage to play at home.

Oftentimes, I feel like the clock is on, and there's money at stake, and you gotta get up there and dance for grandma, and it better be great, and you better get it right.

We try each and every week to win. We know what's at stake, but every coach has that mindset, so it's not easy.

When 'Siruthai' became a hit, there was suddenly a lot at stake. A lot of people were telling me what to do and what not to. But at some point, you realise that's not the way to go. Good or bad, you need to be making your own choices.

When there's millions of dollars at stake, everybody is going to look for an advantage.

You don't have time to think about things that aren't as important as football and the points that are at stake in the games that we have to win and do well in.

People make just as many mistakes when the stakes go up, maybe more.

Sledging makes things interesting. There are no robots playing. They are humans who want to perform well for the country. So when stakes are so high, emotions will take over. Sometimes sledging gets the best out of you.

I think the stakes are always high when you're an artist of color - to get things right, to get things perfect and make everybody happy.

Every choice you make has higher stakes - or that's how it feels.

For comedy reasons, any place we can have really big egos and very high stakes is a great thing to go for.

Obviously stakes and pressure have increased from high school to college to the NFL, but at the end of it, it's still a kid's game and that's how I attack it every single day. I just have fun doing it.

I have to take time occasionally to get away from the pressures of this business. If I don't, I think I would get stale, and that would show in my music.

In college, I was up under this microscope everywhere I went. I couldn't go to class without somebody stalking me or asking me for something, an autograph or a picture.

I've been told to speed up my delivery when I perform. But if I lose the stammer, I'm just another slightly amusing accountant.

It's a heavy feeling being in Washington. There are so many important issues at risk. You're in a fighting stance every day.

Often the last thing I want to do is stand up in front of 50 cameras on the red carpet. I'd rather have a cup of hot milk and an early night.

I am the type of person who relishes the chance to stand up and perform under pressure. I have had to do that my whole career.

People realized that I'm willing to stand up for things that I believe in, despite the political consequences and overwhelming pressure.