Pressure to Perform Quotes

When Messi plays the ball, everybody expects many things from him. Sometimes it's too much because we have to let Messi breathe a bit.

Research suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels.

I'm energized by this idea that's live television. In the same way as an athlete when they get on the field or on the court, you have to perform in that moment or it's past you and you've missed.

I think women can relate to the feeling that we're internalizing too many demands, and we're trying to be good at everything, but one day, we're going to snap.

Being in a career and going from highlight to highlight and playing a lot of matches you go through it and think it's normal when you play in front of 60,000 and you almost want to vomit in front of every game.

We wanted the freedom to be playful, to experiment and do what we felt like doing, but we were heavily affected by the success that the first record gave us.

I'm asked all the time who the next big thing is in NXT and I always say I'm not going to say because it puts too much pressure on them.

What did winning a Grammy do for me? It made me want to get rid of my Grammy, pack it away, and never see it again. It made me not want to speak to anyone who wanted to speak about my Grammy.

Artists come and go, and that's my fear... that's what keeps me focused.

Chefs today choose to step onto that treadmill where they have to be seen. Every day they have to go to this party, they have to go to that party. But then you think "Who is doing the cooking?".

Being an actor, you have to be working even when you're not working. You never really get to relax because anytime you're relaxing in between jobs, you're just worried that you're not going to get another job.

Drama if I sing, drama if I don't sing. What do you do?

The life of a professional golfer is precarious at best. Win, and they carry you to the clubhouse on their shoulders. Lose, and you pay the caddies in the dark.

At Cambridge, it was the weirdest culture. Everyone pretended they didn't do any work, yet it was so competitive.

It's hard to solo when you're walking around, especially when you're in Michael Jackson's presence. There are easier things in life to do.

I've watched a lot of people who became famous who completely change and I think it's because they tend to believe all the hype that's out there. I don't think there's that much hype about me.

No one could possibly look all the time like my photographs. It is dreadfully hard to live up to them. They stare at me everywhere.

It's so nerve-wracking to be on a set. They're the most stressful place in the world, because you're making something permanent, and there are so many people relying on you in a lot of ways.

Honestly, I don't feel pressure to live up to anything I've done because I tend to not listen to my work once a year passes.

There are a lot of good things about being famous but there are a few not so good things too.

I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there's more people in the audience than I'm used to.

It's not easy to play for Atletico. Talent is not enough, the bar is very high.

I think in my late 20s, I was starting to enter that realm of complacency, which is the most terrifying place I can imagine as an artist. I felt time creeping up on me.

It's bad enough on a first date trying not to say something dumb without having three Secret Service guys with you.

The eyes of the world are on you.