Albert II, Prince of Monaco Quotes

I was so afraid to even read a paper in front of my classmates. It is very funny because at that point my teachers would never have believed that I could speak in front of an audience of over 2,000 people.

Public speaking, for me, or speaking even in front of a handful of people is my greatest fear.

If you're not comfortable with public speaking - and nobody starts out comfortable; you have to learn how to be comfortable - practice. I cannot overstate the importance of practicing. Get some close friends or family members to help evaluate you, or somebody at work that you trust.

I used to fear public speaking. My voice would shake, I used to forget to breathe. Now it's pretty easy for me.

Getting up in front of an audience is my biggest motivation.

I consider myself a pretty good extemporaneous speaker. Even though I don't like speaking in front of people, I don't think I'm bad at it.

I can't say I'm not nervous at all with media and doing speeches, but I'm getting used to it and better at it, hopefully.

I don't like giving speeches - I enjoy sitting on my rump.

I have spoken to expert audiences occasionally, but then no audience is expert over the whole range of things I want to explore.

The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit.

I always said put me in front of 40 or 50,000 people and play hockey, I'm comfortable there. Put me in front of 50 people to talk or get in front of, and that's where I'm probably the least comfortable.

I conquered my stage fright a long time ago. In my line of work, it's kind of a pre-requisite that you not feel bad about looking stupid in front of a lot of people.

I don't feel nervous or fearful when I'm on stage.

I don't like standing and talking in front of lots of people.

I'm not comfortable singing in front of people yet. That's going to take another 100 performances.

There's nothing about the stage to be afraid of; there's nothing about the cameras to be afraid of. You just have to be yourself.

I'm not, like, a natural performer. It's sort of a thing that I've had to learn to do.

I've never given a speech without being terrified first.

I find doing speeches nerve wrecking.

I owed Lewis one thing, at least. Once you had suffered the experience of presenting a case at one of his Monday morning conferences, no other public appearance, whether on radio, TV or the lecture platform, could hold any terrors for you.

In high school, I was too shy to perform. It's one thing to get laughs from your family, to be funny at parties and in class. It's another thing to get up on the stage.

What I do when speaking in public is trying to do it as best as possible and trying to make everybody comfortable with my words. Sometimes getting this is very difficult, but I try my best.

One of the areas I have a little less confidence in is giving any kind of a speech.

I'm not a natural born performer.

I liked school, but I used to dread those moments when the teacher would call me up to give an oral report. I forced myself to deal with it and not dwell on the class in front of me - to keep a straight face, give the report and concentrate on getting it right. That's normally how I perform. That's how I am.