Teemu Pukki Quotes

I think it's funny because on 'Glee Project,' there's that added pressure, but with 'Glee,' there's no element of competition. No one's trying to dance better than anyone. But there's that added pressure of, 'So many people are going to watch 'Glee' this week. If I don't nail this dance, I look like an idiot.'

There's a pressure regardless of that to do a good show.

There’s a lot of pressure to demonstrate to the public that you’re up to the task, even though you are literally pulling the levers of something while you’re still trying to figure out how it works.

Oftentimes, I feel like the clock is on, and there's money at stake, and you gotta get up there and dance for grandma, and it better be great, and you better get it right.

After I joined the Indian cricket team, MS Dhoni advised me that I need to avoid reading the newspapers and should try to stay away from social media as much as possible.

There is always scrutiny and pressure from the media. I am always told that I have to win.

The crowd in big venues can really make or crush players.

I put pressure on myself and feel pressure from my fans to not only win but to look great doing it.

I think after coming off of 'American Idol'... people kind of expect you to just be awesome all the time, and we're still learning. I had a lot of stage experience, but it was in a 200-seat theater, you know - it wasn't thousands of people in front of me.

I love pressure in a different sort of way; I enjoy the pressure of getting out and performing for the public. Being compared and judged doesn't seem quite right to me.

When I arrived, I felt the spotlight shining brightly on me, and I knew the sharks were ready to strike if I did not pan out and prove myself to be the showman and the player the college ranks had labeled me to be.

Showing your movie to an audience... it's like your kid doing a piano recital. 'Just let it not fail. Please.'

Since I got a really bad review when I was, like, 28 in 'The New York Times,' I don't read reviews anymore.

I feel pressure every day. It is only pressure that I put on myself, but I would expect all professional sportspeople to feel pressure to perform their best whenever they are at work.

I have enough motivation just not looking like an idiot on national television. The fear of disappointing people is certainly higher.

I think the fans are going to expect a lot from me, as they should.

If anything bad happens, the media will leap on it. We're under a huge obligation to be successful.

It is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete.

I like the pressure of having to perform so people will come to me.

I have very strong feelings about what modern fame means, and the toxicity of it.

The time period I had in my life to look like an idiot and fail, and for no one to see that, came and went when I was 17. When you have early success, people are just lying in wait.

Did people care about how a singer sounded live back in the day? I don't really feel like they did. Not everything was being filmed. Today, one huge mess-up, and millions are seeing it. There's a lot more on the line nowadays. We're so cautious and scared of messing up. It adds a lot of stress to a career.

It's hard when you play something that people are like, 'Wow that's really cool - you just did something really epic,' because you're not always going to be playing epic characters in a role.

I am very insecure because that's how I have played cricket. Since Under-14, I was told, 'If you don't perform, you will be dropped.' I have started living with this system.

My experience for myself as a performer is not one of high expectations.