Christian Vieri Quotes

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

The Olympics were the most pressure I've ever felt.

The pressure was huge going into London, definitely.

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.

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

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 perform better under pressure. If I go out there, and I'm not nervous, and I'm too relaxed, I don't like that vibe. I like big matches. I like pressure situations.

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

Any match you face, you know, you can be nervous.

Auditioning is the worst.

I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large.

I felt tight from the beginning of the match to the end. I couldn't relax.

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

I still sweat. My guts are still grinding out there. Sometimes I have enough cotton in my mouth to knit a sweater.

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

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

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

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

If you are not nervous for your first NFL game, then something is probably wrong with you.

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

The first one is your first World Cup, so you go into it with a lot of pressure, trying to take it all in, but you are just so focused.

Sometimes when people play for their country, I think there is that little bit of fear and pressure.

In a World Cup final the adrenalin is going. Emotion sometimes get the better of me but that is adrenalin and wanting us to do well.

I don't like sitting on the bench because I get more nervous there than when I am playing!

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.