Mick Foley Quotes

I always said put me in front of 40 or 50,000 people and play hockey, I'm comfortable there. Put me in front of 50 people to talk or get in front of, and that's where I'm probably the least comfortable.

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.

I'm much more comfortable singing than talking.

I had no fear of speaking to large audiences.

I talk so much on stage - too much. I always get in trouble. But it's just the best to be able to connect with people.

I was always drawn to standing up in front of people.

Getting up in front of an audience is my biggest motivation.

When you're the person in the room with the microphone, you have a platform to talk about whatever you want, and it's much more interesting if we're discussing something that feels relevant.

Accustomed as I am to public speaking, I know the futility of it.

The great risk is always saying, "how will I communicate what I'm trying to get across to a room full of strangers sitting in the dark watching a stage?"

I'm usually pretty good in front of a live audience. I usually like that.

I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.

I was encouraged to read aloud in class and vocalize.

I'm reasonably good at talking onstage, but actually holding court in a pub is all to do with power dynamics which I don't think has anything to do with fiction.

You have to open up on stage.

I definitely enjoy being in front of people which gives me that exciting immediate rush.

When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes and you see just this black void out in front of you. And yet you know there is life out there, and you have to get your message across.

Take a microphone out of my hands, and I'm just plain folks.

The stuff I do and say onstage I can do easily. As a performer, that comes easily. But being social offstage, it's not easy for me.

I never used to speak to the audience at all. I never really knew what to say onstage.

Training is fabulous because it gives you a basis, a strong structure, so that when you're unbelievably nervous and you think that you can't get a word out, you will get the word out.

You've got to have a sense of different audiences. I'm a kind of performer manque - I come from a long line of failed actors!

I am still working on patter and presentation.

I talk too quiet, and I have to yell on stage.