Leonardo DiCaprio Quotes

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.

I think players tend to get anxious if they've not really done things properly - like eating, resting or training. If you're fully prepared you've got nothing to worry about - it's just a game of football.

I always sleep really well, particularly before a race, when the adrenaline's pumping.

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 feel like I do my best work under fear of being fired.

You need confidence to play under pressure.

I don't pay any attention to records. I don't want pressure. I just want to get to that line.

When an archer is shooting for nothing, he has all his skill. If he shoots for a brass buckle, he is already nervous. If he shoots for a prize of gold, he goes blind or sees two targets - He is out of his mind! His skill has not changed. But the prize divides him. He cares. He thinks more of winning than of shooting- And the need to win drains him of power.

I think, in life, being nervous about something that's forthcoming is very helpful, whether it's an awards show or a family gathering or a job interview. If you're too calm and confident, then I think you aren't executing to the best of your ability. So I try not to let nerves get the best of me, but I welcome them because it tends to fuel me to try harder.

If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.

There's this wonderful first assistant and he'll be saying, 'Now Harry goes down among the dragons.' You have to hold yourself together. Because if you lose it for a second then you're sunk.

I think I'd have done better if I had been a little more relaxed-if I had not pressed quite so hard, if I'd not lost quite so much sleep.

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.

Actually the adrenaline of the game will probably help me out a little bit to regain command and concentration about the things that I have to do.

Auditioning is so nerve-racking.

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

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

I love playing under pressure. In fact, if there's no pressure, then I'm not in the perfect zone.

You just don't have the time to worry about what others are doing. You just want to take care of your own business. You are focused on that tee shot on the 10th tee and making it to the finish line. It's one of the most stressful moments in professional golf, but you have worked so hard to get to that point, that it really is fun.

Fear drives you a lot harder than success does.

I've got a lot of weaknesses. One of them is that I often get scared and tense when I'm working - and fear is one of the big threats to any good performance, because it closes you down and makes it harder for you to produce life in front of the camera.

Pressure is self-doubt when you're unprepared.

For me, the scariest moment is walking on set before we shoot the first shot, and I am so anxious. It's a lot of pressure, and it's scary, and I don't think that fear ever goes away.

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

You feel many things during a match. There are things that annoy you. During important games, I do not always touch the ball a lot.