Tom Jenkinson Quotes

The easiest thing in the world is to succeed. You can't help it if you follow the rules and play the game the best way you know how according to yourself, instead of according to the one next to you, or above you, or somewhere away from you.

You don't have time to dwell on what is going on in the games.

We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.

Comparison is a disease. I never felt any competition, since I never compared myself to others. I only focus on my work. I never feel pressurised and do films in my style. Also, I'm very active since childhood, and that gives me the edge to always put my best.

I always want to give my best and do the best I can. I know when I have sung my best and when I haven't. There can be stresses and hassles with time travel and press attention. I just have to adapt and find a way of dealing with it.

I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle.

I barely have time to think. But the best way to stay grounded is to take it one day at a time.

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.

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

I can't worry about techs. I've got to play my game.

I don't have enough time to actually prepare, to actually commit to being a beauty queen.

Pressure brings out the best in me. It's the only way to keep improving: putting a bit of pressure on yourself.

Kids are always going to be around people who break world records and that. It's how you deal with that. I never let it get in the way of my race, but I am always more than happy after the race to sign autographs and have photos.

I try not to feel pressure, because I feel like it kind of throws you off. I always try to focus on myself. But it does kind of creep into the back of my mind.

At the end of the day, it's just a tennis match. It's not the end of the world.

I hated being compared to anybody.

I am not in competition with anybody; I just want to be productive.

Americans of all backgrounds and in all kinds of circumstances are stressed out by feeling overwhelmed and being over-committed.

My personal challenge is always balance. My life has a lot of compartments to it, and I care about each of them deeply. So I wake up each day thinking, 'How am I going to balance today?'

All managers are under pressure. It's our life, always. It's about how we manage the pressure, the victory, we have to manage everything, even me - the bookmakers put me under pressure every time!

The rat race is real. I was part of the rat race.

I don't pay any attention to records. I don't want pressure. I just want to get to that line.

My whole football life is pressure. If I don't get pressure from outside I put pressure on myself.

If I was really trying to be the best fighter in the world, I would be in the best shape and taking it more serious but I'm not.

Some players need pressure to get the best out of themselves.