Aly Raisman Quotes

I am not worried about playing in front of a big crowd.

I think my worst nightmare is standing up in front of a group of people.

We don't get too nervous for too may things, but on television a few million people are sitting there watching. Definitely a lot more nerves.

We blush very, very easily, and we get terrified of audiences.

Sometimes I'll get to the end of a song, open my eyes and there's all these faces peering at me. It's quite horrifying.

There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.

I don't like speaking publicly when I don't have to be funny.

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

When I started on 'Strictly,' I was terrified. Live television seemed like the most daunting thing in the world.

A mall was something that I just used to hang out in as a kid. And then you go there, and there's 4,000 people waiting for you to perform. It's a big difference.

I can go in front of thousands of people on stage and not be afraid, but when there's just a few people, that scares me.

I was in a play in elementary school and had to jump up and run away. I was nervous and tripped and fell down and everyone laughed. Their laughter made me relax, so I pretended it was part of the show.

Performance is hard. I know this. I really enjoy it, but I have bombed, I have fluffed, and I have said the wrong thing.

I've been told to speed up my delivery when I perform. But if I lose the stammer, I'm just another slightly amusing accountant.

When you're onstage and you know you're bombing, that's very, very scary. Because you know you gotta keep going - you're bombing, but you can't stop. And you know that half an hour from now, you're still gonna be bombing. It takes a thick skin.

My first performance was in AP Calculus when they forced me up into the front of the classroom and made me sing a song, which was really scary, but it was fun.

Just the fact that a thousand people in front of me were ready to hear me sing was one of the best feelings I can think of.

The first time I went out under the spotlight, I was proper freaked out.

I don't really get shaken very much. People could heckle me, a spotlight could go out, I could forget a lyric... I'm not operating on somebody's brain, you know what I mean? So I just think it's all funny.

I remember the first time I spoke to an editor. I thought I'd be sick, I was so nervous. The first time I spoke to a large group at a conference, I had the jitters for days beforehand.

Public speaking is scary, I think. I've gotten way better at it. If I have to do a speech and be like, 'I'm a YouTuber,' then that's easy, but if I have to get up there and pretend I know something in front of adults, it's never fine. In front of adults, it's like, 'Ahhhh they're going to judge me.'

Acting scares me.

Playing in front of people is a lot different from playing in your room.

I was probably six years old when I first sang before an audience.

The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear it. Just remember most people are too polite to say anything about it. That should calm your nerves.