Kate Middleton Quotes

I was in sixth grade the first time I was required to speak in front of an audience. I had terrible stage fright and felt quite ill, in fact, by the time I had to give my little talk to students in another class across the hall.

The confidence and charisma it takes to stand up in front of a group of children absolutely terrifies me.

Public speaking, for me, or speaking even in front of a handful of people is my greatest fear.

I've never given a speech without being terrified first.

I don't like giving speeches. It makes me nervous.

I was very nervous about giving speeches for a long time.

I don't like giving speeches - I enjoy sitting on my rump.

The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit.

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

I have to make a speech tomorrow and prefer to lose my foot.

My early years as a 'speaker' involved note cards that shook like a leaf while I held them because I was so nervous.

I'd never experienced stress before I did stand-up, and it was a massive shock to my system, this thing of waking up, and the nerves of, 'You're on stage tonight.'

It's so scary to go on stage. I used to throw up before I went on stage, every time.

Interviews make me so nervous - I can't get a sentence out of my mouth.

I'm terrified of performing live.

I suffer greatly from nerves. I have stage-fright badly, and it gets worse, but the stage is still my life.

I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared.

I'm shy at public speaking, which is tough.

Sometimes when you're stood in front of 100 people, delivering a speech with rage and lots of emotion, that can be utterly terrifying. I find that very scary.

I go around the country, and I speak to colleges, conferences and thousands of people at a time, and I'm like, 'Great. Fine. Whatever.' Coming to speak to about 60 kids, I am scared to death.

I don't feel like I'm the type of performer who's going to knock your socks off. I'm trying to get over my nerves.

Getting up in front and talking to the people who build my cars is the worst. I get so damn nervous.

For, like, 98 percent of my life, I'm not nervous. But as soon as I'm nervous, I start shaking or something, and I lose my cool.

My greatest fear is speaking in public.

But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.