Michelle Carter Quotes

Yeah, my first season playing varsity, that was probably the last season I got nervous for. I was kind of nervous for that one.

When I step out onto the ice to compete 'Romeo and Juliet,' I don't feel like a fighter. I feel very nervous, and it's very difficult for me to get into the mindset for it.

When I go to competitions, I don't have so much confidence that I don't worry or get nervous about the other skaters doing well.

I threw up before every single football game I played, and I did so up through my NFL career. It was good pressure. It was pressure to be good. It was pressure to be the best. It was pressure to want to win.

You are anxious before every game because you had to win it. If you didn't you went down the ladder. I felt proud of the way we beat some teams in tough games.

I have never had problems sleeping the night before a race.

When a performer doesn't get nervous, that is when you have to give up.

I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis. On soccer days, I'd be out of bed by 6 in the morning, all nervous. But I was always calm when it was time for a tennis match. I still don't know why.

I want to win a gold medal in London.

I didn't get nervous when I ran, but I get nervous watching other people now. I root for anybody with a USA on their chest.

The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.

I hate auditions.

I'm nervous when I play in the Masters or most other tournaments.

I'd been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasn't compete in big competition like, World Championship, like European Championship. I just competed in national competition.

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

Sports is an imitation of war - it is peaceful, without arms, but there is fierce rivalry in it. Sports demonstrate that Russia is a great power.

I used to hate playing Seattle shows.

I get scared to death every time I have to play. I always get nervous because you never know what to expect. The crowd could be awful, or it could be amazing. You just never know what you're going to get until you get out there and do it. I just do my best and have fun.

If you ever see young artists, and they're not sounding good, they sound good. They're good singers. They wouldn't be where they are if they didn't sound good. It's their nerves. Any time you see your favorite artist, and he's or she's screwing up or not hitting those notes, it's not because she can't hit it or she can't sing; he or she is scared.

I get that every game. High school. At Duke. When I do the introductions, I get a little butterflies. Once I step on the floor, I'm fine.

It's okay to feel nervous before a competition because it means you care about doing well.

The Olympics is still my greatest achievement... I have many belts, but there is only one Olympic gold.

I just thought at Wimbledon I was very nervous.

I've never been cold during a big game. It's the adrenaline. You're always moving.

I don't show tension and nervousness, but I know how fast my heartbeat races before a race.