George Karl Quotes

Just emotionally, as amazing as it is to win the World Cup, it's emotionally draining in many ways.

I think diva is an inevitable outcome of the industry, and I don't think it reflects on the person at all. You take a normal human being, and basically, for 24 hours, seven days a week, apart from sleeping, you introduce them to places and things almost every minute that are brand new.

Even when I'm winning, hands-down the best, it's a struggle. I'm thinking, 'Oh, God! Just get me through this.' It's like surgery.

The pressure was huge going into London, definitely.

We all know when you have a huge price tag on your shoulders, there's always a lot more pressure on you, a lot more expectation.

You want a job where the pressure is on and expectations are high.

Pressure, responsibility - I'm used to playing in big clubs.

It's mentally draining to be on 100% of the time on both ends of the floor, especially when you're the team's undisputed shot creator.

How can you compare my life to any other MEP? I mean, come on, it's crackers, isn't it? Look, other MEPs do five days a week in Brussels and pop home for weekends. I'm working seven bloody days a week, all the hours God sends. If you include the socialising, it's over 100 hours a week.

If things are crazy in the studio, usually the road is times 10.

A couple of defeats, and you are gone - that's the danger of World Cups.

At the end of the day, the last thing I want to do is - well, anything. I just want to sleep. I crash out hard every day at 'Common Law.' I definitely lost a couple years of my life just on the fatigue factor on the first season.

I'm always looking to the next thing. There are always hurdles, whether it's the White House dinner or hosting charity events or that night's show: Until they're over, I worry, then I move right on to the next thing. It's hard for me to enjoy the moment. I'm just thinking about not failing.

I don't have the freaking energy to write a memo. I'm out there saving lives.

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.

You can't relax, even for a millisecond in this sport.

It's tough being the one person on the hot seat.

To reach the biggest club in the world where there are millions of fans and a lot of pressure was a brutal change.

I suffer during games. We follow the action, kicking every ball, wondering if our centre-backs can stop the cross... In some ways, you enjoy it, but your heart is always thumping.

There are days where I'm at the facility almost all day long. It's definitely demanding mentally and physically.

High expectations are really intimidating.

With big clubs, it's always very demanding.

Sometimes, daily life doesn't match the high stakes that you feel! And I feel like that is wrestling. Wrestling actually makes sense to me.

I feel burnout comes as a result of consistent over-simulation.

A lot of boxers have too much on their plate.