How ironic, to be my last game that I ever played would be against Dan in a Super Bowl. The thing I always was afraid of was playing in a Super Bowl when it was raining. I can't throw a wet ball.
It is just down to confidence. When I haven't got any, I hate playing the game.
You get to the ninth inning and your stomach is clear up to here. But it's not because of your job. It is because you want to win so badly.
You are anxious before every game because you had to win it. If you didn't you went down the ladder. I felt proud of the way we beat some teams in tough games.
When I started playing the game I was just worried about making that next tackle. Especially as a rookie, you're figuring out what you're doing and where you're supposed to be going, what the defense is, and trying not to make mistake.
When I was younger I used to get really nervous before games, so much so, you are almost throwing up before games.
When the team is losing, you can become upset and mixed up, shying away from the play, and lose control.
It costs me a lot to stay calm during a game.
You hate missing games. You hate leaving your teammates out there.
We're not anxious to play L.S.U. again.
I always try not to read anything of people talking about me, but of course you can still feel pressure at the stadium, during the games, if you don't play well.
I can't recall too much about pitching, but I do remember that I was anxious to get it over with. I just wanted to get that first game over with and go from there.
I just think you need to believe in yourself - be offensive, but still have some nervousness in your body before any important game.
Sometimes you feel fine. You might have a day when you feel awful about what's going to happen in the game. It ebbs and flows. Just embrace it.
Always when you play badly or commit errors, you hope to play another game to put it behind you, to show that you are capable and that you deserve to be playing for an important team like City.
Any time you see your quarterback hurt, your heart drops for a second.
Football is a game. And sometimes I think about it way too much over situations that could be, you know, deadly.
I'm not worried about sacks in the preseason.
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.
I used to struggle mentally in these preseason games because you know you're not going to be in there long.
I feel sorry for players who are always lying awake at night, brooding over their games.
