Usain Bolt Quotes

Auditioning is the worst.

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.

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

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

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

I might be nervous off the court, being booed. But being on the court, it's my comfort zone. It's basketball. It's what I do. I'm not losing sleep over it.

At a track, it's different, there's pressure, things like this, so to be yourself is a bit different.

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

I had panic attacks during rehearsal. There were times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to do it.

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.

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

Show business is, essentially, a fear-based industry.

I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.

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

People say to me that I can't be nervous because I've had such a wealth of experience, but I tell them that I have never done this particular part before.

I get nervous for any competition. I also get really competitive.

I get nervous as hell when it's time for the songs to come out.

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

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.

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

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

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?'

There are times when I do feel very nervous when I start a film. And I feel very nervous before the release. I do get stuck in some scenes, but that's very natural and human. It happens to all the artistes in the world.