Team Pressure Quotes

People want to be Lakers. There's just so much pressure, and some guys handle it and some guys can't.

When you come to a club like Liverpool, you need to perform straight away and consistently.

If you're on the varsity team, the responsibilities are a lot bigger and there's more stress, but you also walk around feeling probably like you can hold your head high.

When I was a player and hit into a double play, I felt as if I was letting everyone down.

I have let down many in Cleveland - my Browns teammates, our hard-working coaching staff, the team's ownership, and the loyal fan base that wants nothing more than to win. Playing there is different than in many other cities. We feel the fans pain.

It's no secret that the expectations are very high here at Bayern. We are under pressure all the time. But we've often proved we can deal with it.

When you play for United, you have to perform every week.

I feel like in order for our team to have the upper hand, I have to play extremely well, and I have to bring the rest of the team with me. That's how I feel approaching every game.

When you've got a team who are making a concerted effort to make a batsman feel uncomfortable it can look pretty ordinary.

To play for Chelsea, you have to put your mind to winning titles every year.

Maybe Klopp is the best manager in the world at creating teams who attack the back four with so many players, from almost anywhere on the pitch. They have an intensity with the ball and without the ball, and it is not easy to do that.

I've always said it's just a game of cricket. The only pressure I get is when I feel I've let the team down.

When I was named captain under Mark Sampson, there were a lot of questions about whether I was ready for it. I wasn't a certain starter. There were more experienced players than me; I was only 25. I was trying to nail down a centre-half spot, and it was a difficult situation.

Once Liverpool go ahead, they are dangerous because it becomes hard to find space to break them down, especially if you are not playing all that brilliantly.

You touch every other ball and, if you screw up, you only have one more person to back you up. You can't go hide in the corner.

It's not easy to carry forward the national team because you have a whole country behind you. But I would be willing to take charge of the Argentina national team.

I was really shy when I was back in Brazil, so coming to Europe was very tough. I was arriving as a kid fresh from Brazil into a big team like Inter with a lot of star names.

I was very slender and small. All my friends were on the team, so I had to make it too. I was a very aggressive player. I wanted to be one of the best, but I just ended up as one of the good ones.

The expectation in Munich is always high, this expectation I have towards myself personally and to my players. I was aware of that when I signed with Bayern.

You have to be able to deal with the pressures that playing for a big club like Hibs brings and it's not for everyone.

At Leeds, it was to stay up. I was such a young player, Leeds were my club, and we didn't do it. That was a lot to take. At Newcastle, the expectations to win a trophy were enormous. The No. 1 thing everyone up there thinks about is the football club.

When the team is losing, you can become upset and mixed up, shying away from the play, and lose control.

Don't misunderstand,' he said, 'there's pressure with every football game… Sometimes players, coaches, teams put pressure on themselves when they don't have to.

It means a lot to you, to be out there. The highs are pretty high, and the lows are pretty low. You know, it's easy to feel like you let the team down. I mean, at the end of the day we still got to figure out a way to get through the tie.

The Red Sox are the local scapegoats. It's hard enough to play baseball without being the local scapegoat too.