Mental Pressure Quotes

I have always been a player whose form goes up and down but at the moment I feel my batting confidence is at its lowest. Negative comments can affect you and they probably have.

I think modelling is a very difficult thing. It's glamorous and fun, but underneath it all, you know your flaws, and those are what you focus on.

I have always boxed better with a bit of nerves.

It's something I have to remind myself about, that at every competition, I put a lot of pressure on myself, almost like it's the end of the world, and I have to keep reminding myself it's not.

You can't have mental breakdowns defensively because teams like Golden State and Cleveland will make you pay dearly.

The fifth set is not about tennis, it's about nerves.

Everybody's looking at me expecting me to shrink up and die.

I have done so many things and the pressure is so great. I am sure I have been a good deal dehumanized.

You're open to minute-by-minute criticism which comes via Twitter, that starts seeping its way into your head, and it's easy to let that affect how you do the game... it was a nice moment when I got to take that off my phone.

I should be able to look at my accolades and go, "Come on, Paul. That's enough." But there's still this little voice in the back of my brain that goes, "No, no, no. You could do better. This person over here is excelling. Try harder!" It still can be a little bit intimidating.

For me, I'm always hard on myself no matter what, so that's always a thing I have to deal with on a daily basis.

Under pressure, you can win with your mind.

I don't think golf has ever been any pressure as far as having to succeed.

Carrying a movie is both a great privilege, it's a great opportunity, but it can be a great pressure, and sometimes that can make people behave very oddly.

Wrestling is one of the hardest things, and it has nothing to do with the extremely hard physical part of it. It has to do with the psychological part of it.

I've noticed if you look too far ahead, it only works negatively on you.

I've always been a guy to put pressure on myself.

If the person does not feel guilt he is not in his own mind guilty and will not confess …. Confession in such a case can come only with duress.

There is pressure, and I would never complain about that, but as players we put pressure on ourselves all the time. That's one thing I won't miss when I finally stop playing.

The older I got, the more apparent it became that my mother was losing control over me. She fought back fiercely with black moods, silent treatments and martyrdom. And, of course, all she did was run my ass out of the house even quicker. The pressure was unbearable.

Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you?

I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my own mind.

Addressing a golf ball would seem to be a simple matter; that is, to the uninitiated who cannot appreciate that a golf ball can hold more terrors than a spacious auditorium packed with people.

I get more anxious than nervous before a concert.

I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.