Fernandinho Quotes

If you can't play under pressure, you shouldn't be at a World Cup.

I'm accustomed to pressure. It's what we, as players, live. If you don't want pressure, then football is not for you.

The pressure makes me more intent about each shot. Pressure on the last few holes makes me play better.

Learning how to compete is one of the most important things that an athlete can do. You can train as well as you possibly can and go compete and completely choke.

In the end, success in a shoot-out is being able to perform a particular skill under pressure.

I relish pitching underneath pressure.

Handling pressure is the key to doing well in Indo-Pak matches.

Great performers welcome pressure.

What I went through in 1976, it's the same today: It's about all the pressure that you feel, the anxiety, the family, and everything that surrounds the Games, and then getting there knowing this is your big chance, and you're able to come through. It's such a satisfying thing.

When you reach that competing point, when you reach that time when the gun is about to go off, everyone's level is pretty much the same. The one thing that's going to separate you from everybody else is how you deal with those pressures, how you stay relaxed.

As a player you are always made to feel welcome, but at the same time, there is too much pressure.

I'm nervous when I play in the Masters or most other tournaments.

As a competitor, you have to learn pretty quickly how to deal with pressure.

People expect you to play your best, so I go through a routine to prepare myself so that I know I'm physically and mentally ready - prepared for the game.

I love playing under pressure. In fact, if there's no pressure, then I'm not in the perfect zone.

There is a tremendous amount of pressure when you are a world No. 1 with everyone behind you trying to knock you down. But I always believe you should be enjoying the pressure at the top. It is a case of being able to relax and keep playing the game that got you there in the first place.

Everyone has a breaking point, turning point, stress point, the game is permeated with it. The fans don't see it because we make it look so efficient. But internally, for a guy to be successful, you have to be like a clock spring, wound but not loose at the same time.

My outlook is that when you're under pressure then that is when you play your best cricket. You've got no choice but to perform to keep your place and I find that brings out the best in me.

I have the game for the pressure matches and now I just have to be consistent.

As a player you always feel the pressure and as a team you are always trying to make sure the opposition are under it.

We are professional footballers. How to cope with the pressure is one of the things we have to learn.

There is always a pressure if you play every game and especially when you are representing your country.

Football is constant pressure, from day to day. You need to know how to live with that.

I've always believed that I performed better under pressure.

If you're not starting well and not taking the lead, then you're constantly putting pressure on yourself as a team.