George Groves Quotes

Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.

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.

When I walk out on to the court and everyone is staring, sometimes I wonder how my legs will carry me out there. That's forgotten as soon as I start playing.

I might be nervous off the court, being booed. But being on the court, it's my comfort zone. It's basketball. It's what I do. I'm not losing sleep over it.

Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you're going to perform, you've already lost. Train hard, turn up, run your best and the rest will take care of itself.

I don't feel like I ever really do get past the nervousness. I'm always nervous. Something about being nervous keeps you on the edge, and I've always felt like I worked better under pressure.

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

When you're young and starting out, the big hurdle is to relax enough in rehearsal so that you don't feel intimidated. The more work you've done, the more you can experiment in rehearsal and not have to worry about getting the sack.

I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing.

My theory is this: Women falter when they're called on to be highly self-conscious about their talents. Not when they're called on to enact them.

I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.

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

I'm not going to take a show unless I'm not sure I can do it. You have to have that sort of adrenaline.

I get nervous for any competition. I also get really competitive.

If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit.

If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.

I don't know, I think, in times where I'm really nervous, and I'm really under the pressure the worst possible outcome is for me to start thinking about it. I just do.

I'm always nervous. A classy comedian is full of self-doubt disguised with an air of false confidence. If there isn't self-doubt, you seem aggressive.

Everybody has some part of their game that is easily influenced to choke.

'SNL' can be a stressful environment, and I am panicking constantly, but I guess I keep it pretty internal.

The pressure was huge going into London, definitely.

I gotta be able to beat good guys at any moment. I think that's what I'm taking.

I think when I start thinking about results, I stop playing the right way because I start getting too nervous.

Before normal games I was always relaxed. But at the World Cup for Italy my heartbeat was always going a lot quicker.

When I'm outside the car, I'm just kind of relaxed, hanging out. People tell me I could be more confident outside the car, but when I get in the race car, I don't feel like anybody can beat me.