Shawn Johnson Quotes

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

Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up.

I think people are always nervous for your first game.

I'm always nervous. If I wasn't nervous, it would be weird. I get the same feeling at all the big races. It's part of the routine, and I accept it. It means I'm there and I'm ready.

If you go to a game nervous, you make a mistake.

I played on this soccer team, called Hollywood United, and there were a lot of old ex-international pro-players. We played this benefit match at the Rose Bowl, and the crowd streamed in. It's so nerve-wracking to go out into a stadium, feeling a billion eyes upon you when you mess up your touches. That's an overwhelming environment.

If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit.

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

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

Sometimes when you go into the match, you want it so badly. I think sometimes is tricky. It makes you a little bit, like, tense and nervous.

Every match that I have, I always feel like I'm more nervous than the last one.

In the last two World Cups, I realised that when you put a lot of pressure on yourself, it does not work.

On the pitch, I need to stay focused, alert, and be ready to face my heart-racing moment with confidence.

I just thought at Wimbledon I was very nervous.

I perform better under pressure. If I go out there, and I'm not nervous, and I'm too relaxed, I don't like that vibe. I like big matches. I like pressure situations.

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

When you start the match, you forget that you are No. 1, you have all the titles. You just have the battle ahead in front of you.

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.

When I walk out on to the court and everyone is staring, sometimes I wonder how my legs will carry me out there. That's forgotten as soon as I start playing.

I've never felt as nervous as I did before a track meet - literally, stomach going crazy - 'cause it was just so difficult.

I might be nervous off the court, being booed. But being on the court, it's my comfort zone. It's basketball. It's what I do. I'm not losing sleep over it.

At a track, it's different, there's pressure, things like this, so to be yourself is a bit different.

The first game I played against the University of Miami, I was very nervous - eyes wide open.

I was nervous and confident at the same, nervous about going out there in front of all those people, with so much at stake, and confident that I was going to go out there and win.

Auditioning is the worst.