Jake Tapper Quotes

Do you realize that you can't play the game of life with sweaty palms?

I'm very unrelaxed doing a newspaper interview.

I'm frightened of interviews.

To begin with, I don't have any stage fright.

I'm a shy person, so I get really nervous going into interviews.

I don't get nervous on a stage; I don't get nervous in interviews. I don't get nervous.

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

I don't know why, but I don't really get too nervous before games or practices or whatever.

I am extremely nervous before anything. People who say they aren't nervous are telling a white lie. Nerves get you going, as you are playing for so much at the highest level.

A bit of nervousness is essential as in a way it helps you deliver your best.

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

It's fine to admit being nervous - after the event. But if you tell people you're uptight before the game, it can be like, 'That guy's got problems. We can't trust him.'

I am still shy when I go to interviews.

I get nervous every single time. It doesn't matter if there're five people or five thousand. What I have noticed is that the more people there are, the less nervous I am. It's way harder to impress five people.

The red carpet is really the only thing that makes me nervous.

I am always scared before going on stage; this is the fear which makes me do well.

I don't really feel any different when I get up on stage.

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.

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.

I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good show.

I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.

I've been in pressure situations before. All my life it's been about pressure and having to get it done. Just because you say it publicly, it does not make me afraid of it or make me shy away from it.

Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.

I'm nervous whenever I perform.

I definitely get nervous about if I'm going to forget the words to the songs or something. And I don't enjoy being the center of attention for an hour straight - I think that's really stressful.