Carolina Kostner Quotes

I would prefer to be a little nervous, because when you stop being nervous is kind of when you stop caring.

If you're nervous, that means you care and you want to give your best.

I actually prefer teammates that have emotions. It means you care, compared to a guy that's kind of just nonchalant and goes about it like it doesn't matter. So I want guys that care. I want guys that show they care.

It did not matter whether it was preseason, regular season, my first playoff game, or the Super Bowl, I was nervous. And all that meant was that it always mattered to me. Anytime I was putting myself on a line, it didn't matter what it was, it was okay to be nervous because it was important to me. It was important to do my job well.

When I am on stage, I give everything. Maybe because of that, I won't last long, but I don't care.

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

A civilization, a culture, cannot survive without passion, cannot be saved without passion.

I normally feel relief that I didn't die onstage or forget all my lines. Then I start remembering that I have to do it again sometime, and it'll probably not go as well.

I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good show.

Every audition I get, I agonise over and I put everything I can into it.

I go through insanity before a show. It's not really a process but it's like absolute mortal fear.

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

I get nervous for any competition. I also get really competitive.

There's a ton of nerves for every fight I've been in; it doesn't matter if it was my debut.

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

If I'm not nervous, if I don't have at least a little bit of the same self-doubt and anxious feelings I had when I started playing, then it will be time for me to go on. I must have that tension.

When I was younger I used to get really nervous before games, so much so, you are almost throwing up before games.

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

I think people are always nervous for your first game.

Honestly, I don't know the word 'pressure,' because football is my job. I always enjoy it.

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.

I find it hard to watch a lot of the kind of things I'm doing before doing it. I don't think it's helpful for me. It makes me too aware.

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

There are times when I do feel very nervous when I start a film. And I feel very nervous before the release. I do get stuck in some scenes, but that's very natural and human. It happens to all the artistes in the world.

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.