Quotes About Pressure

But Liverpool is a big club, and expectations are high, so it is normal that you are going to be criticised.

Liverpool had a lot of success under Rafa Benitez, and that is difficult for anyone to follow.

When you play for Liverpool, there's always pressure, pressure to perform, expectation. Of course, that's the reason why you want to go there.

We can do what we love to do and also to play for Liverpool - they are such a big club. You need to enjoy it but the pressure will always be there.

Nothing makes logical sense in this industry.

There comes a real loneliness in celebrity where you're constantly told you're part of an out group in your own society.

When you get to the level that I'm at, often you are a very lonely man.

Making albums is a very lonely process sometimes. Sitting around working on songs, feeling the pressure.

I'm sure there's a long list of one-time all-stars, and I don't want to be on it.

If Mourinho loses 4-1, he doesn't sleep well.

After every loss, you want to trade everybody. I've felt that way several times.

Louis Walsh, he made me audition for Girls Aloud, he said, 'If you don't, I won't speak to you again.' I was like, 'We don't speak that much anyway.' I went and it all worked out well, I wouldn't have gone to the audition if it wasn't for him.

It's New York - it comes with it. If you can't deal with it, you leave. If you lose, they talk about you. When you win, they love you.

I'm from here, so I know how it is playing in L.A. If you're winning, they love you. If not, they'll find someone else to do the job.

I always loved playing in front of big audiences; now I'm jittery if one person is in the room watching me.

It's a very hard industry, and it's very cold. It's loving for when you have a hit record, but when you don't have anything going on, there's really not much support.

Lucas is living the life that I wanted, but I want to be clear, I don't feel there's been any pressure for him to live it.

Playing with Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn, I am a very lucky guy. Not many people are going to attack those two, which means the batsmen will attack me. And if they attack me, there is always a chance I can get a wicket.

I wrote 'Criminal' in 45 minutes when everyone else went to lunch because I had to have a hit. I can force myself to do the work, but only if someone is right up behind me.

When playing football became a job, it lost its luster for me.

In one-day internationals, the batsman is under pressure to get on with run-scoring and does not have the luxury of leaving too many deliveries.

I would be lying if I would say that I never wanted to be a lead actor. But at the same time, I would say it's a lot of responsibility also; it's too much responsibility.

'S.N.L.' has become what it was always trying to make fun of. It's become this big machine. I don't want to be plugged into a machine.

Machines can break down under pressure. But so can humans.