Mike Peters Quotes

It's hard to continue to be great and have so much on your back, knowing that even a little mistake can mess you up for good.

I hate to play a tournament in which I'm not contending. It's just not any fun for me.

I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large.

I've been fortunate Daytona is a place I've run better than anywhere else, and that's a big race. Maybe it has to do with attention and pressure and the drive to do well when a lot of people are watching.

When you are in the second position and you want to be champions, you are always under pressure.

When you're in the second set and you start thinking I have to win this and get it over, the pressure to finish quickly can get to you.

Everyone in the Premier League feels pressure to get results. It is part of being a footballer.

There's always pressure at a big club.

I had no direct experience of a relegation scrap, but with Wales, I never had the luxury of being allowed to lose games. I was under pressure to win even the friendlies.

It's something nice to be number one, of course, but there are much more expectations.

The play-offs are a great occasion to be involved in; the semi-finals were amazing. When you're in it it's special and you do enjoy it but if you are in it, you have to win it. It's a lot of pressure.

The pressure is hard. You get - the world is only watching every four years, and I think lots of people feel like they have to win in that time frame.

When your are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. It's more important than that.

You're playing a game, whether it's Little League or Game 7 of the Word Series. It's impossible to do well unless you're having a good time. People talk about pressure. Yeah, there's pressure. But I just look at it as fun.

I think if you're in this business, like any high-stakes business, the highs and lows can make you a manic-depressive person, if you weren't that way to start with. 'Cause it's just so crazy on your psyche. A lot of it has to do with people thinking they're greater than someone else.

As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.

At the end of the competition, I played the Liszt concerto and I felt my head was on the block. Well, I won.

I think maybe in a way it gets worse because you come in with a real reputation and they've paid you lots of money and all that.

I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor - all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one.

I've got a tough act to follow.

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

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.

On set, there's a lot of pressure. But it sort of heightens the moments.

Show business is, essentially, a fear-based industry.