Chen Long Quotes

Every match that I have, I always feel like I'm more nervous than the last one.

Auditioning sucks!

Any match you face, you know, you can be nervous.

If you go to a game nervous, you make a mistake.

A lot of guys who have never choked have never been in the position to do so.

Sometimes when you go into the match, you want it so badly. I think sometimes is tricky. It makes you a little bit, like, tense and nervous.

That competitive nature comes out when I feel like I'm playing bad and when things aren't going right.

I perform better under pressure. If I go out there, and I'm not nervous, and I'm too relaxed, I don't like that vibe. I like big matches. I like pressure situations.

It's impossible, when one team and one player is afraid of something that might happen in a match, they will not play well, they will not have 100 per cent confidence.

No matter how big and strong you are... even Tyson said he was scared as hell walking to the ring. Everyone feels the pressure.

Auditioning is the worst.

I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large.

The biggest thing was just getting comfortable out there in front of all the people and just the whole major setting and how difficult major championships are, how patient... you have to be.

I can't begin to describe the amount of crap I've taken for being a lousy free-throw shooter.

When you're young, you develop ways to win, and you think they will always work, but then you get to the top, competing against the other top athletes, and sometimes things don't work.

Show business is, essentially, a fear-based industry.

When I play in a tournament, sometimes I'm feeling tired and don't want to play in the tournament. I don't want to lose.

Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.

I played on this soccer team, called Hollywood United, and there were a lot of old ex-international pro-players. We played this benefit match at the Rose Bowl, and the crowd streamed in. It's so nerve-wracking to go out into a stadium, feeling a billion eyes upon you when you mess up your touches. That's an overwhelming environment.

In my case what happened next in 1999 was that I fell apart over that back nine. When I saw I was in genuine contention that year I felt like throwing up. That remains probably the most nervous I've ever been on a golf course.

I was in a fever to get out from behind the plate. Oh boy, I was terrible back there.

There's always very high tension with dance auditions! You're in a group, watching the people in the front of the room, hoping you'll get something, anything that will relieve a bit of the stress.

The first game is always the most difficult, for the nerves you have before you begin to play.

Even if we're in fifth place in September, I get butterflies before a game. I'm nervous.

If I had to perform in a comedy club I would bomb; I would be trying too hard.