Alan Shearer Quotes

Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.

You can take 100 penalties in training, but when you go out on that pitch in front of all those people and the television cameras, it's completely different.

I'm more nervous about doing this than anything I've ever done before, because it is so prestigious.

Auditioning is the worst.

Uncertainty helps keep actors on edge.

If you are not nervous for your first NFL game, then something is probably wrong with you.

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

Being nervous isn't always the worst thing for me.

I still sweat. My guts are still grinding out there. Sometimes I have enough cotton in my mouth to knit a sweater.

There's always a bit of nerves that come with expectations and new situations.

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

My main weakness is nerves.

People say to me that I can't be nervous because I've had such a wealth of experience, but I tell them that I have never done this particular part before.

I played on this soccer team, called Hollywood United, and there were a lot of old ex-international pro-players. We played this benefit match at the Rose Bowl, and the crowd streamed in. It's so nerve-wracking to go out into a stadium, feeling a billion eyes upon you when you mess up your touches. That's an overwhelming environment.

Producers get very jittery about things.

I was nervous batting eighth, and I was nervous batting seventh.

My heart was always in my mouth when I started on a new routine.

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

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

I don't like sitting on the bench because I get more nervous there than when I am playing!

If nerves undo you, then you're unlikely to make it as a top footballer.

I've never felt as nervous as I did before a track meet - literally, stomach going crazy - 'cause it was just so difficult.

It's hard in England. If I didn't score for three games, there was the chance someone would take my place or I would be loaned out.

I'm out of my comfort zone every time I'm on the race course.

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