Marco Silva Quotes

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

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

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

It's hard to play with any kind of confidence when you feel like if you miss one shot, if you make one mistake, you're getting pulled.

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

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.

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

For my TakeOver matches, I was always just a huge mess, a huge ball of nerves.

I feel like it's harder because everyone knows I'm the three-time world champion - it's almost like people are waiting for something bad to happen.

Being the headliner is only more pressure if you're not very good.

Auditioning sucks!

It's hard if you don't quite feel on your game to go out and put scores on the board.

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

One of the biggest fears of players in a shootout is letting your teammates down.

We all choke, and the man who says he doesn't choke is lying like hell.

Some people thrive under pressure, but pressure can also ruin your performance, it can push you down angles which you don't want to go.

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 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.

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

For some reason, when I get to the 200m, I'm always a little bit nervous.

I always performed out of fear of failure - and that's a tough way to play. It was as if my back was to the wall and I was constantly surrounded by very dangerous people that were not friendly to me.

When I'm playing timid and afraid to make a mistake, then I'm not going to play well.

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.