Shirley Hazzard Quotes

Being nervous actually kept me very tense.

I felt tight from the beginning of the match to the end. I couldn't relax.

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.

I was nervous about writing Slow Regard.

The more nervous you get, the more worried you get about something... Maybe you just need to take a nap.

In the dictionary, next to the word stress, there is a picture of a midsize mutant stuck inside a dog crate, wondering if her destiny is to be killed or to save the world. Okay, not really. But there should be.

Stress is something that is sort of out of your control. You get stressed out over looking at the finish line. Stress is something that is an outside thing. Stress is an anxiety.

Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety.

For Devil's Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot.

I'm so nervous. I've always been nervous, ever since I was a kid.

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

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

You can't be in the zone in front of 12 million people, you've got to be chill.

I always get nervous when performing. Always!

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

There are times when I do feel very nervous when I start a film. And I feel very nervous before the release. I do get stuck in some scenes, but that's very natural and human. It happens to all the artistes in the world.

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.

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.

I really don't get nervous too much.

When I begin shooting, I get nervous, as I am under pressure to do my job well.

I don't feel pressure.

I get nervous when I don't get nervous.

My nervous energy is usually the easiest form of energy to tap into.

The mere fact of knowing that a great audience waits on your labor is enough to shake all your nerves to pieces.

I still get nervous sometimes before performing.