Competition Pressure Quotes

In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.

It's easy to get into the competition of F1, and you are never going to win every race even though you want to. So when you're not winning, you want to win, so you're not that happy. But you have to look at the big perspective, and I am very fortunate to be one of 22 in the world to do this.

It was a question I got asked often from my friends when they heard I had entered Miss S.A. - 'will you get a weave?' I always said I haven't changed myself before so why should I now change for a competition?

I've lost 'Drag Race' twice. I know how, with one bad day, it could just end.

I'm just glad my gold medal's at home, because I'd hate to try to win another.

Just because I have two world records, everyone assumes that means automatically it is two guaranteed gold medals, but it isn't like that, and anything can happen in a race.

When I'm competing, I need to be strong.

You're always taught that the world is so competitive. You're taught that it's not very likely for you to become successful and that odds are you're going to be a struggling artist for the rest of your life.

I wanted to drop the weight class to go to the 125s, and I played it off on how easy it was going to be. 'I can do this, no problem, I always cut weight.' I pushed my body to the extreme.

Sometimes in the NBA, the schedule gets to be a lot with all these events, busses, planes and games. But once that's gone, you miss it so bad.

For a big club, you can accept that the team does not win the league because it is in transition, but you cannot afford to slip out of the Champions League spot.

I remember there was a time when people were saying I could never win again.

Once the fifth set comes, it's a matter of nerves.

You have to be sharp, you have to be ready. You have to have guys that can push you in terms of these high-level fights or otherwise you're going to get out to these fights and your opponent has been pushed and they are ready to compete. If you have not been pushed and you're not ready, you can't just turn that switch on that night.

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.

You cannot expect teams to be up for a final every Saturday, but you have to in the Six Nations, and that is the difficulty we have.

When I considered PSG before I signed for Juventus one thing that put me off was wondering what the point is of coming second every year.

I know, every fighter knows, you've got to pile up wins in a row. You can't lose two in a row, three in a row and then you hear mentions of losing your job.

If you don't have the personality or character to compete and to challenge Manchester United at Old Trafford, or at home, you have less chance to win the match.

I hope I never have to face that feeling of missing and sending my country or team out of a competition.

We know that every minute at Atletico counts for so much, and we know we have to give our all.

You have to be able to get enough points from your away games or it puts difficulty on your home games.

Joe Perry is always a big hurdle, he's always there in the later stages of a tournament. You have to be playing well to beat him, and if you do that you know you have a chance of winning the title.

Everyone wants to beat us. So you can never take a single game lightly.

I was sure after the accident when in hospital in Hungary that I was not in the position not to lose any races.