Pat McAfee Quotes

Since this our first show, I think they'll see us sweat a lot.

I am nervous all the way through the national anthem and the first play. Once I get up and down the court a few times, it fades.

There were so many emotions on 'Idol' with nervousness and pressure, but in good ways.

It's terrifying to play your favorite band's song in front of your favorite band.

You'd think I'd have been happiest in my life playing music in front of 50,000 people at Gillette Stadium. But let me tell you, it's an odd feeling to feel alone in the spotlight.

Auditioning is the worst.

If I have a gig in the evening, I get 'the doom' at about 5 P.M., when I think I'm getting flu.

We don't get too nervous for too may things, but on television a few million people are sitting there watching. Definitely a lot more nerves.

It's hard to act terrified when you have 200 crew members around you.

I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.

Auditioning is so nerve-racking.

Walking into a show when I was 16, at that time when it was the No. 1 hit show, and replacing a character comes with so many expectations. I felt a lot of pressure with that.

I go through insanity before a show. It's not really a process but it's like absolute mortal fear.

Sometimes I'll get to the end of a song, open my eyes and there's all these faces peering at me. It's quite horrifying.

I lived to be on stage, and I'm terrified. Terrified before every show.

My main weakness is nerves.

The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten.

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.

There's a ton of nerves for every fight I've been in; it doesn't matter if it was my debut.

Acting was a lot like football. When you're a DB and you're one on one with a receiver, you're going to dance. It's go-time in front of 100,000 people and everybody watching on TV. That's exactly how it is when a director says 'Action!' It's the same adrenaline rush, the same training process. I love it.

If I had to perform in a comedy club I would bomb; I would be trying too hard.

The second I got on stage, it was like, 'Oh my God! I love this! I love this!'

The night before a show, I don't sleep. Really. I've been doing this for 30 years, and the night before a show, I still don't sleep.

I get nervous as hell when it's time for the songs to come out.

I've got a lot of weaknesses. One of them is that I often get scared and tense when I'm working - and fear is one of the big threats to any good performance, because it closes you down and makes it harder for you to produce life in front of the camera.