Lindsay Mendez Quotes

I want to keep doing as much work as I can, and I want to keep the level high. I'm wondering if something is going to happen to me to screw it up.

Pressure makes me produce. Kills most guys. Mortifies 'em.

No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best.

For now, I'm just going to keep doing the work and hope I don't get fired. If people want to put me up on their walls, I'll love it.

Some people thrive under pressure, but pressure can also ruin your performance, it can push you down angles which you don't want to go.

I work best when a little scared, when there's so much more than the lines to think about.

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 always have the fear that, if I don't commit 100 percent to my work, then it's gonna suffer.

I always performed out of fear of failure - and that's a tough way to play. It was as if my back was to the wall and I was constantly surrounded by very dangerous people that were not friendly to me.

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

I feel the pressure of getting something right.

I just can't put the pressure on of winning a championship, winning a championship, because then I'd never be able to sleep.

Being the headliner is only more pressure if you're not very good.

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

Between what I know I can do and want to achieve and what the audience expects, it's a lot of pressure, and it's always adding up.

I always feel pressure, no matter what I do! I think it is what gets me up in the morning.

When I begin shooting, I get nervous, as I am under pressure to do my job well.

I work better under pressure.

Obviously, I can't break my mental block in the Octagon.

In fact, people think you have to be stressed to be successful. They think if you are not stressed, something is wrong with you.

I like to prepare as much as possible beforehand, but there's definitely that element of fear when you're on set, and you have to be conscious of it and use that fear to drive you to work harder.

I am a person who works well under pressure. In fact, I work so well under pressure that at times, I will procrastinate in order to create this pressure.

The fear of messing up is what makes you work harder!

The thing is, I really like working. If I sit around too much, I get really bad anxiety.

I had panic attacks during rehearsal. There were times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to do it.