Pressure Quotes

"Everything negative—pressure, challenges—is all an opportunity for me to rise." "We psych ourselves up too much. Like if you try to talk yourself into, ‘Oh, this is a big moment, this is a big shot,’ you’re putting a lot of pressure on yourself. You shot that shot hundreds and thousands of times. Just shoot another one." "We all have impossibly high standards" "Some people can handle pressure and some people can't." "I love deadlines I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by" "I love playing under pressure. In fact, if there's no pressure, then I'm not in the perfect zone." "If you focus on the result too much, you are going to be under pressure" "Courage is grace under pressure" "Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world" "For me, pressure is self-imposed, and it's good for me. The best actors are the most prepared because it's all imaginary and you have to know the character inside out" "Carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders " "Pressure makes diamonds " "One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines." "Perfectionism is a 20-ton shield. It's a way of thinking that says this: If I look perfect, live perfect, work perfect, I can avoid or minimize shame, blame, and judgment" "I can’t take the pressure of the unknown future, I refuse" "Under pressure, we don’t rise to the occasion, we fall to our highest level of preparation" "I don't want to be in the spotlight, ever! I don't know why I got in this profession!" "I’m used to performing under pressure, but that’s playing football"