Wayne Rooney Quotes

As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.

What's the worst that could happen? You're going to come second or lose? It's not like someone has got a gun to your head.

Whether I win or not, it won't be down to inexperience and hopefully it won't be down to some sort of mental misjudgment.

I still feel pressure - I'm sure everyone who plays feels pressure - but I don't feel it as much now as when I was younger.

Every game matters.

The day I stopped worrying about stats is the day I started winning

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

Performances are always more interesting to me when something is at stake.

I bet on everything. Everything. It's just like, 'I bet you I can spin my chair longer.' Everything, I say 'I bet you.' I love to win.

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.

There are not many times when I get nervous, but I do a little bit with penalties.

I have played for Real Madrid, which is such a big club and where the pressure is so huge because you have to go and, really, win absolutely every game. There is no game where people don't expect you to win. So, having played there for three years, pressure is nothing that would scare me.

Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.

He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.

When you have a year of experience and also the experience of playing in the playoffs, it just makes a world of difference.

I don't feel the same pressure to be perfect up there that I did in the beginning.

I think at a club like Liverpool you always feel a bit of pressure. You should. But it doesn't bother me.

If you win the Carling Cup, it can give you confidence, and sometimes, when you haven't won a trophy, you become scared of winning.

'Baywatch' was terrifying. I could feel the financial stakes, you know?

There's no extra significance on beating a certain player. It's kind of like golf. You're just out there playing, and whatever ends up happening ends up happening.

It's impossible, when one team and one player is afraid of something that might happen in a match, they will not play well, they will not have 100 per cent confidence.

Playing so many important games in a prestigious competition like the Champions League, I have experience to call upon, and I'm thankful for that. I hope the other players can feel more confident because of that.

I think Ronda's biggest fear was losing to me, so if we were to do it in WWE, she would have to win. I don't have such a big ego, but if we were to put on a show for the fans, something like that, no problem.

When time, money, and results are on the line, it's easy for tension to build.

If they don't score, we can't lose.