Pete Rose Quotes

Auditioning for 'Philomena' was such a traumatic experience because I had three callbacks, and I was absolutely positive that I was just an option.

The first day I start shooting, I start having a recurring nightmare that every single night that I am lying in bed, and there is a film crew surrounding the bed, waiting for me to tell them what to do, and I don't quite know what movie I am supposed to be making.

I normally feel relief that I didn't die onstage or forget all my lines. Then I start remembering that I have to do it again sometime, and it'll probably not go as well.

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

I'm anxious about work, the future, friendships, past relationships... I'm just one of those people that, whatever I'm doing, it's a big worry.

Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.

It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.

I can't remember a major league game where I could make eye contact with my dad. I kept wondering if he was going to yell at me for hanging a pitch or something.

Every time you work is a challenge. There's a constant worry about it, and it's a side of acting I don't like.

I do feel pressure. I have always been able to surprise people because they didn't know to expect anything from me. And now people are starting to have expectations.

I'm always nervous before starting a record because I can never sleep. I'm like, 'I have no good ideas, everyone is gonna see through me.'

I worry a lot about what people think. I worry people think I'm not helping them enough, that they don't like my music, that I'm playing a song too fast or talking too fast. I worry my wife isn't happy with our relationship... I'm afraid somebody's going to take my career away from me. That it's going to go away, or I'm going to get fired.

For the first six or eight months at Juilliard I felt paralysed. I didn't know what I was doing.

Most account guys live with fear in their hearts.

Everybody has some part of their game that is easily influenced to choke.

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.

I feel like I do my best work under fear of being fired.

I wanted to prove myself on the pitch, but I didn't have many chances, so it put a lot more pressure on every single game that I played. I found myself in situations where I was so keen to show my qualities, but many times it worked against me and I was punished for being too eager.

I don't like sitting on the bench because I get more nervous there than when I am playing!

Pressure comes from fear. If you start thinking about the result or what might happen if you do something, that's the only time there's pressure.

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

Lord, baseball is a worrying thing.

We all choke, and the man who says he doesn't choke is lying like hell.

A lot of guys who have never choked have never been in the position to do so.

The first game is always the most difficult, for the nerves you have before you begin to play.