Granit Xhaka Quotes

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

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.

What I went through in 1976, it's the same today: It's about all the pressure that you feel, the anxiety, the family, and everything that surrounds the Games, and then getting there knowing this is your big chance, and you're able to come through. It's such a satisfying thing.

It hurt me a great deal. It put a lot of pressure on me because I was at a young age and the writers around here and throughout the league starting comparing me to Cobb. It put a lot of pressure on me.

At this level, you put a lot of pressure on yourself as a player to perform and do well.

When I first started as an editorial cartoonist, I was terrified on a daily basis. Filling that hole the next day, knowing that tens of thousands of people were going to expect something funny. There is still that pressure, but you kind of learn how to cope with it a little better.

I've been in pressure situations before. All my life it's been about pressure and having to get it done. Just because you say it publicly, it does not make me afraid of it or make me shy away from it.

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.

I think if you set yourself specific goals, that's quite a lot of pressure.

There is a tremendous amount of pressure when you are a world No. 1 with everyone behind you trying to knock you down. But I always believe you should be enjoying the pressure at the top. It is a case of being able to relax and keep playing the game that got you there in the first place.

If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.

Everyone has a breaking point, turning point, stress point, the game is permeated with it. The fans don't see it because we make it look so efficient. But internally, for a guy to be successful, you have to be like a clock spring, wound but not loose at the same time.

When you are nominated for the best player in Europe, the Ballon d'Or, playing in the Champions League, there is so much pressure. You don't know what will happen. This pressure is inside you - you always have it.

I've always had a lot of pressure on myself, but I'm not going to lie, I feel a lot of pressure to give the fans everything they expect plus more.

I hate to go into games thinking about goals.

I put pressure on myself all the time. I felt it so much with 'Sax,' but I had to just let go and enjoy it.

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

You feel pressure when other people's expectations are higher than your own.

When you're in the second set and you start thinking I have to win this and get it over, the pressure to finish quickly can get to you.

If you can't play under pressure, you shouldn't be at a World Cup.

I don't take pressure or keep expectations because then it becomes difficult to concentrate.

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 have had expectations on me from a young age and I have dealt with them.

Everyone in the Premier League feels pressure to get results. It is part of being a footballer.

I carried around a lot of weight and anxiety - expectations of being a top draft pick and fulfilling those. It was really burdensome and not fun. Stressful. I had to go through some things before I finally turned that around and got back to playing for the right reasons.