Jim Kelly Quotes

I cannot see a situation when I won't feel pressure to play well and win.

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.

Nerves can happen to even the best of us. It's not easy to compete.

The most scared I'd ever been was the first time I sang at a rugby match, Australia versus New Zealand, in front of one hundred thousand people. I had a panic attack the night before because people have been booed off and never worked again... just singing one song, the national anthem.

When you're shooting, there's terrible pressure, and you never switch off. Every day is like the day before an exam; it's relentless.

When I go to competitions, I don't have so much confidence that I don't worry or get nervous about the other skaters doing well.

I can't remember ever racing without any pressure.

It takes a lot of nerves to be a sports entertainer and to be in front of those big crowds.

I had a lot of pressure in my career: when you play at World Cup or Champions League final, there is pressure on your shoulders.

It's okay to feel nervous before a competition because it means you care about doing well.

The fear of failing... not quite the fear of failing, but the uncertainty of whether you are going to perform or not, is there every single game I have played in my life. It will always be there.

I put pressure on myself and feel pressure from my fans to not only win but to look great doing it.

Under the lights, there's a lot of pressure, my first big show. The mental pressure drained me out a bit. I was fit and healthy, but I was thinking, 'Why am I tired?' There are so many things that go on in there.

Any fight I feel pressure, just the same as the last one, the next one will be just as important.

I never played against my own age, and I was one of the best players. That's when I would get really nervous, maybe not sleep the night before a game.

On game day, I'm as nervous as a pig in a packing plant.

I'd forget the piece just before I went out to do the concerto, the panic was too great. This was not anything that gave me pleasure. This was fulfilling somebody else's dream.

Onstage, it's more of a momentary pressure.

I've certainly auditioned for big budget studio films. I don't know if it's because there's so much money involved, but a lot of times the pressure overwhelms me and engulfs me. I end up falling apart in the audition.

When a performer doesn't get nervous, that is when you have to give up.

I think it's funny because on 'Glee Project,' there's that added pressure, but with 'Glee,' there's no element of competition. No one's trying to dance better than anyone. But there's that added pressure of, 'So many people are going to watch 'Glee' this week. If I don't nail this dance, I look like an idiot.'

I know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.

There's a pressure regardless of that to do a good show.

I'm nervous when I play in the Masters or most other tournaments.

We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only one shot to get it right in concert. It was hard the first time I practiced with them. I was so nervous that my vocal chords were paralyzed for about a half-hour.