Danica Patrick Quotes

You still have to go perform; it doesn't matter what the tournament is.

I figured the people who liked the sort of thing I was doing would come see it. If it was only 200 then that was alright and if it was 2000 then that is alright as well. I wasn't really interested in the big numbers; I was just interested in some numbers.

I always try to perform, and not because you have players on the bench or on the pitch that can play in your position.

If there's competition in training, then the training is intense, and then you have the pressure of a weekend that if you don't put in good performances, then your place is maybe up for grabs.

When I come offstage, if I've done a bad show or had a bad night, the fact that everybody was standing at the end or three or four times during the show means nothing to me. I know I could have done a better show.

The last two times I went to spring training, I had to win a job, and if I didn't get off to a blazing start, I'm on the bench. Now, I've proven myself, so it's not essential that I get off to a real good start.

Even if the play is great, every day in theatre you have to question everything because the audience is new every day. I love that.

Pressure is always on if you don't perform. There is no question.

Every time an artiste goes on stage, he thinks 'I hope today goes well and I hope I give my best.' That is important - that little bit of nervousness or tension is what makes you perform better.

This is my third year in a row where I'm one of those players that has a chance to win the Race to Dubai. I just think it's important this year that I take the experiences of 2017 and 2018 into it and know that it still takes a lot to do it and it's not in my hands at all.

I practise about three to four hours a day and I will play one night a week, or at the weekend in a competition.

A performance is like a boat. You really want it to arrive at port. So when something goes wrong and it doesn't get there, that touches me a lot.

As a soccer player you want to perform, whether it's in front of 72,000 or even 1,000. You always want to be your best because you never know who's watching.

There's always going to be pressure on your place. It's 11 cricketers. There's always going to be other cricketers outside the team doing well.

It would be simpler going to an Olympic Games knowing you had to nail one trick that you've done a hundred times, and if you do it, you'll win. Or if you're a swimmer, if you swim a certain time, you will win. In BMX, there are no guarantees.

My restlessness leaves my mind racing as I try to wind down at the end of mandatory recovery day. It keeps me tossing after poor performances. And if I played well, well... playing well makes me itch to play better; there is always room for improvement.

If you can't motivate yourself to get up and play in front of 30,000-40,000 people, then you're not in the right job.

We don't ever show up trying to plan who we play.

I put pressure on myself because I want to be the best player.

I'm trying to just take things as they come, not to try to expect too much, just do my job and hope things work out.

When you play at City with top players, you don't have a guaranteed place in the starting eleven.

You are under some sort of pressure to win any match. It is natural.

Performing live is difficult. But nobody's forcing us to do it.

I wanted to be Team UFC. But the more Team UFC you are, the worse you get treated, it seems like.

For me, I try not to set any goals or try and see what's gonna happen, because I don't wanna be let down or disappointed that something didn't happen the way I thought it was gonna happen.