Stephanie Rice Quotes

At this level, you put a lot of pressure on yourself as a player to perform and do well.

As a player you always feel the pressure and as a team you are always trying to make sure the opposition are under it.

There are a lot of players that want to go to the World Cup, so you have to be the player that goes out and performs and shows how much you want to go.

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.

Joining McLaren didn't add a lot of pressure but of course you want to make sure you can impress them.

At a track, it's different, there's pressure, things like this, so to be yourself is a bit different.

You win a race, the next race it's a question mark. Are you still the best or not? That's what is funny. But that's what is interesting. And that's what is challenging. You have to prove yourself every time.

There is no secret, once we go to qualifying, we all seem to enjoy it. Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It's like a rush, I really enjoy that.

At the same time, it makes me feel like I have to prove myself to the new guys coming in as well as prove myself to the coaching staff, which is a good bit of motivation for me.

I never read my press when I was competing. I never got caught up in what I was doing at that moment.

I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old.

There's always pressure playing in the NHL. You want to play your best game every game. Expectations are always gonna be there; it's just important that you know how to handle expectations.

Winning a Grand Slam changes everything. There is so much off-court stuff to deal with. And there are expectations of keeping it going that make it tough.

I remember winning the first time, you know, suddenly everybody expects, well, okay, now he should win every time he tees it up, win six tournaments.

I'm used to performing under pressure, but that's playing football.

The talent God gave me is beautiful and wonderful, but it is difficult because you are always facing other people keen to judge you. There are few people with such talent, so there are few able to judge what I am doing.

Fans, especially ours, demand championships. That's what we're striving for.

The Olympics were the most pressure I've ever felt.

I played on this soccer team, called Hollywood United, and there were a lot of old ex-international pro-players. We played this benefit match at the Rose Bowl, and the crowd streamed in. It's so nerve-wracking to go out into a stadium, feeling a billion eyes upon you when you mess up your touches. That's an overwhelming environment.

If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit.

You can take 100 penalties in training, but when you go out on that pitch in front of all those people and the television cameras, it's completely different.

That's what we all play for, is to play in the postseason.

For some reason, when I get to the 200m, I'm always a little bit nervous.

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.