Meghan Daum Quotes

I can't go to sleep at night if I didn't accomplish at least something. That's the one thing that keeps me up.

To play with pressure is always a good thing. I like to play with pressure.

Well, I think that you know, I threatened myself with quitting after every movie. But I think everybody does that, right?

I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good.

Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.

I work best when a little scared, when there's so much more than the lines to think about.

I've been in pressure situations before. All my life it's been about pressure and having to get it done. Just because you say it publicly, it does not make me afraid of it or make me shy away from it.

I like having my back pressed against a wall and being made to work harder so I don't embarrass myself.

I'm the type of guy that feels pressure when I have to order dinner. I'm just that type of guy but that's my fuel. I work well with pressure.

I mean, I can get things done if I need to, but I can really be completely irresponsible and procrastinate until the very, very, very bitter end. In fact, sometimes I work better under pressure.

Fear drives you a lot harder than success does.

A man's mind will very generally refuse to make itself up until it be driven and compelled by emergency.

Having a constant productive anxiety doesn't mean that people are miserable and wailing but that people know they will be held accountable if things do not go right.

No matter how angry people on the outside were when you don't perform well, a coach is 10 times what anyone else is feeling. Nothing digs at you more. But that's part of our business.

It's hard to tell yourself to get ready when it's like, 'I need to make this freaking team first.'

Pressure has always been more of a friend than a foe for me with songwriting.

You feel pressure when other people's expectations are higher than your own.

I was always taught that pressure comes when you aren't prepared or didn't work hard enough.

We feel pressure from every angle to meet expectations, but the pressure also pushes us in a positive was as well.

It's amazing the gymnastics you can do when you don't want to do something. How you can force yourself against all the forces of nature. I threw myself backward.

The biggest thing for me is I don't want to let people down. At the same time I love things that scare me and challenge me. If your job doesn't do that and doesn't excite you there's no point in doing it.

I think pressure is a good thing and it's good to be able to feel it and use it and experience the feeling of it and especially if you can get past it.

I'm not the quiet sensitive little guy I was. I can't be. There's just too much after me.

I don't need time, I need a deadline.

There is no cure for laziness but a large family helps.