Judd Trump Quotes

Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

What would you do if you knew you could not fail?

I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true.

He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.

If you win the Carling Cup, it can give you confidence, and sometimes, when you haven't won a trophy, you become scared of winning.

Scared money can’t win and a worried man can’t love.

[H]e who fears to lose will never win.

The risk of failure is a very personal thing. One of the quotes I like, I think this came from the famous basketball coach from California - John Wooden - is that, "Successful people - winners - do everything necessary to prepare to win, without the certainty of winning." Everybody would do everything necessary to prepare to win if winning was a certainty. So you're willing to put yourself out publicly and privately and say, "I'm going to do this."

Trust firmly in your luck, cling to your happiness, and dare to take risks.

I think I can be competitive. Heck, anybody who can walk to the first tee here has a chance.

I think to be courageous, you have to be afraid. For me, it feels very courageous when I go skiing because I'm very, very afraid to ski. It's dangerous! I feel very scared. But when I'm acting, I don't feel very scared.

When you are 16 there is no fear whatsoever. As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.

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

Very few persons go through life without at least one big chance. The fact that so many do not grasp it is due more often to fear than to any other one thing.

I definitely think cheerleaders have no fear.

The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.

I thought that when you have more success that you'd feel more buoyed or feel more confident. But in fact my brain has the gift of switching it around and saying, 'Now people are expecting something. Now you're really going to let people down.'

At the end of the competition, I played the Liszt concerto and I felt my head was on the block. Well, I won.

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.

I lack confidence, but I've been so lucky the way jobs have come to me, and I'm so grateful for them. I know how many brilliant actors there are out there who aren't getting the chances. While the work is there, I will grab it with both hands. It could all end tomorrow. You never know what's around the corner.

It might be scary because you're taking a risk, but at the end of the day you can say you tried.

To win you have to risk loss.

Think I'll win. Could be big.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.