Pressure Cooker Quotes

I'm a kid from Ohio in an industry that drives people insane.

A lot of people say, 'Do you feel a lot of pressure?' There's not that much pressure, to be honest.

Look, this job has always been a crucible of conflict.

I don't feel pressure in a negative way. I like pressure. I feel excitement and calm at the same time. No pressure, no diamonds. I want pressure: pressure creates drama, creates emotion.

You're going to run into a great deal of opinions. I think that's just fertile ground for us. What else would you want to write a show about than something that is that much of a pressure cooker, that has that much influence and impact? We're going to run into a lot of different opinions, but it's inspiring to me that newsmen and newswomen have reached out and said how thrilled they are with what we're doing.

I play the best and have the most fun when the stage is brightest.

The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.

It's an immense amount of pressure, celebrity itself.

The pressure makes me more intent about each shot. Pressure on the last few holes makes me play better.

My favorite thing to write is people under pressure in high-stakes circumstances.

There's enough pressure in life without seeking competition. That makes it double pressure.

For a two-job working family, a pressure cooker gets a meal on the table in seven to 15 minutes, start to finish.

The intensity of the Super Bowl is one-of-a-kind. An NBA finals is best-of-seven. But the Super Bowl, one game, winner-take-all. The intensity is off the charts.

The pressure began to mount as I kept winning every time and people were anxious to see if I could be beaten.

I've always thrived under the pressure of the big games. I enjoy that, and there's nothing I get afraid about.

In the pressure cooker of a TV show, it’s a little bit of a witches’ brew. I completely think I’m capable of being crazy. I probably was crazy when I was doing 'The Simpsons'.

Washington is like playing the Super Bowl, only there are no timeouts, no potty breaks, and the arena is filled with the media. In government, you have to learn to put yourself second in a big way. But I am a business person at heart. I like to be in charge.

Players are under such pressure in crucial moments, especially at the highest level with what is on the line.

You only get 15 minutes to work and show your art and everything can you do. At the end of the day, it's a fight.

If you can't stand the heat in the dressing room, get out of the kitchen.

Coming into a game in the eighth or ninth inning is like parachuting behind enemy lines. And sometimes the chute doesn't open. You have to live with that. It's an occupational hazard.

For me, I do better in Grand Slams. I like when there's more people watching.

In the end, success in a shoot-out is being able to perform a particular skill under pressure.

There are moments when the Chasers drop clangers. It's not that the questions are harder than usual, but it's the pressure and speed.

The office is a romantic enabler because you're always around the person you have a crush on. There's no escape from, and maybe no desire to escape from, those pressure-cooker conditions. And there's an automatic series of things you have to talk about all the time.