Christen Press Quotes

A lot of times, in the beginning of my career, I put pressure on myself just because I wanted to perform so well. I just wanted to be perfect.

There is such a hype and a big build up to me, and it's very hard to meet those expectations. That's been a big stress in my life.

When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure. I felt like I had all the weight of the world on top of me, and I needed to perform, and perform at a high level every day.

The pressure was huge going into London, definitely.

You always feel pressure to do your best, and when you know that the story revolves around you, it can become very overwhelming.

I think anytime you put the weight of the world on yourself saying, 'I have to perform,' or, 'I have to get a completion. I have to throw a touchdown,' nine times out of 10, I think you're going to fail.

Everybody's got high expectations for me. I just don't want to let anybody down.

I don't do well with expectation in my life. All I can do is do the best that I can do.

Writing on assignment, with lots of money handed to you before you even began, got very scary for me. My dread of not being perfect, something I got from a childhood surrounded by powerful, successful people, began to infect everything I wrote.

My performance level has risen - and my anxiety-level has sky-rocketed.

The scariest thing in my life is the first morning of production on all my movies. It's the fear of failing, the loss of face, and a sense of guilt that everybody puts their faith in you and not coming through.

I do feel pressure. I have always been able to surprise people because they didn't know to expect anything from me. And now people are starting to have expectations.

When you get to an event like the Olympic Games, you can put too much pressure on yourself.

A baby comes with such responsibility. Once you become a mother, you always have a guilt trip. You always try to do the best, but you feel you can always be better.

I find it difficult to be comfortable with anything for the same reasons that anyone gets nervous about something - because they want it to be good and they don't want to let anyone down.

I can feel this pressure of living up to the expectations of people. I hope I can fulfill it.

Sometimes the weight of expectations, of doing anything, can be a little bit heavy.

I feel the pressure of getting something right.

Ever since I can remember, over-expectation and pressure have been my worst enemies.

Sometimes you don't play well or you don't score, and in those times, the pressure comes from all around you as well as from yourself.

It is always pressure out there when you are favourite for the match.

Between what I know I can do and want to achieve and what the audience expects, it's a lot of pressure, and it's always adding up.

But there was a lot of pressure to achieve and to get things right, whether in school, on stage or with my peers and family.

Any fight I feel pressure, just the same as the last one, the next one will be just as important.

Sometimes it can feel like there are a billion people on my shoulders.