Kevin Anderson Quotes

Every match that I have, I always feel like I'm more nervous than the last one.

Sometimes when you go into the match, you want it so badly. I think sometimes is tricky. It makes you a little bit, like, tense and nervous.

If you go to a game nervous, you make a mistake.

I think people are always nervous for your first game.

I've never felt as nervous as I did before a track meet - literally, stomach going crazy - 'cause it was just so difficult.

The first game is always the most difficult, for the nerves you have before you begin to play.

If I'm not nervous, if I don't have at least a little bit of the same self-doubt and anxious feelings I had when I started playing, then it will be time for me to go on. I must have that tension.

I think I'm always nervous, even if I play not on the center court.

It's impossible, when one team and one player is afraid of something that might happen in a match, they will not play well, they will not have 100 per cent confidence.

I am extremely nervous before anything. People who say they aren't nervous are telling a white lie. Nerves get you going, as you are playing for so much at the highest level.

I get nervous before every single game, but I think it's a good sign. It means I care and want it to go as well as it possibly can.

Auditioning is the worst.

Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.

I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good show.

Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.

For some reason, when I get to the 200m, I'm always a little bit nervous.

When I go to competitions, I don't have so much confidence that I don't worry or get nervous about the other skaters doing well.

When I was younger I used to get really nervous before games, so much so, you are almost throwing up before games.

I always performed out of fear of failure - and that's a tough way to play. It was as if my back was to the wall and I was constantly surrounded by very dangerous people that were not friendly to me.

I don't know why, but I don't really get too nervous before games or practices or whatever.

The pressure was huge going into London, definitely.

Before normal games I was always relaxed. But at the World Cup for Italy my heartbeat was always going a lot quicker.

For my TakeOver matches, I was always just a huge mess, a huge ball of nerves.

If I hear about a big match coming up, I'll get anxiety about it, and I'll start thinking about it, like, 'What's gonna happen? Is this my shot?'

I just thought at Wimbledon I was very nervous.