Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Quotes

Everybody expects you to play well, and when you don't have the results, that's tough.

I remember playing games and having tears roll down my face because it felt like it was never going to be good enough.

I look around at people who had success so early and then didn't know what to do with themselves.

I have an enormous sense of having failed in life.

You still think we can go out there, and we can all run the mile in four minutes, you know, your mind still thinks that, but then you go out and actually try to do it, it's kind of scary.

I can't begin to describe the amount of crap I've taken for being a lousy free-throw shooter.

I always felt like acting was something I could just do if I wanted, which was wrong.

And I didn't, that's why my career was very short lived.

You get to the big leagues, and you think, 'Can I do this stuff?' Then you take the first pitch down the middle for Strike 1, and you think, 'I could have hit that.'

When I was at Kingsoft, I was under pressure and worked hard, but the results were not satisfactory.

I've been judged my whole life. People always expected amazing things from me.

I wasn't happy with my performance at the World Championships in Daegu. I had an unbelievable race in the heats, but misjudged the semi and finished last.

When I finished the juniors I felt, perhaps for about a year and a half, that everything was going to be the same and that I would be able to go out there and win any match. But it wasn't the case. I struggled.

I have a feeling that very soon I'm going to fail very, very big. I'm going to try something and everybody's going to be like, 'What was she thinking?'

I shouldn't have acted. I didn't exhibit any ability. I was one of the kids in the school play who was just mouthing words, and they weren't the actual words of the song. I was pretty lame!

I feel I let my team down today. My heart is bleeding for everybody else. I felt like I should have gotten it done today. That's how it is. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't.

I am sick at heart at the mistakes and lost opportunities that are so prevalent.

Going back to coach in Green Bay was the biggest mistake I ever made in my life. I was approached by the organization, and it turned out to be an enormous mistake. I was extremely disappointed. I disappointed the Packers and their fans.

Many feel discouraged because they have not measured up to their potential.

People make just as many mistakes when the stakes go up, maybe more.

When you blow an audition that you have a lot of importance on, it haunts you for years.

I wanted to prove myself on the pitch, but I didn't have many chances, so it put a lot more pressure on every single game that I played. I found myself in situations where I was so keen to show my qualities, but many times it worked against me and I was punished for being too eager.

I hate watching myself because when I watch anything I've ever done, I realize all the ways I could have done it better.

I feel like I didn't really know how to cope with not playing well.

It stresses me out if I mess up.