Quotes About Pressure

I didn't expect to be so tired sometimes on stage. There are moments when you're so tired you could pretty much collapse.

I have a thing where if I'm not in control, I feel the whole world is about to collapse.

The one opinion that experience does for you is it keeps you cool, calm, and collected under pressure.

My whole life, they said, 'Do not act. You need to get a college degree'.

I had the pressure when I started my career at 18 at Cologne, when people were saying, 'Ah, Podolski, the new hero of Cologne.'

There's a fear when you're a comedian of just being hectoring, so you do try to fight against that.

You know the quickest way to get comedians to hate you? Do Letterman at age 24.

Here's what I'm afraid of. I know a lot of comedians, friends of mine, who just got into the 'Doesn't matter what I say. It doesn't matter. They're just gonna laugh anyway.'

Being on the main roster, there is a lot more talk. Sometimes I can't even go on Twitter for days because I just feel it's negative comment after negative comment.

I think you've got to be careful with social media. You can get addicted to the buzz of people liking and commenting. It's exhausting.

Since I came on the tour so young and I won my first match, I've had a lot of comments like 'You'll be a top player one day.' I got to the point where, as nice as it was to hear that, I almost stopped listening to it. I was almost putting added pressure on myself.

At home in my room, I'm funny, but if I'm commissioned to be that, I don't feel very funny.

As any showrunner will tell you, it is crushing work. It is around the clock. It is like a monastic commitment that you make.

I'm not a fan of early commitments. I just think people right now are handcuffing players, pressuring players and I don't want to do that.

People always want to compare their hands to mine. Pretty much everywhere I go.

I don't like to compare players or talk about having to carry the weight of the team.

The pressure of chasing 230 is naturally always less compared to chasing 300.

While it feels good to be compared to someone like Sridevi, it's also a lot of pressure.

It doesn't bother me whether I am or I'm not compared to my dad. I do not feel any pressure at all from being his son.

I've been compared to my dad my whole life. That pressure I've learned to deal with.

Compassion and empathy are anathema to sports.

I can only control what I do when I go compete.

I love being on the field. I love competing. But I'm not a fan of everything that comes with it.

Back when I was competing I had a lot of fans wanting my autograph, wanting to take my picture, but nothing like what my son is dealing with.