Michael Laudrup Quotes

Oftentimes, I feel like the clock is on, and there's money at stake, and you gotta get up there and dance for grandma, and it better be great, and you better get it right.

We all know when you have a huge price tag on your shoulders, there's always a lot more pressure on you, a lot more expectation.

I'm not saying there's no pressure at Evergrande, there's pressure at Evergrande all the time. But I am myself and, no matter if I'm playing for Real Madrid or at the World Cup, I've never felt pressure.

The crowd in big venues can really make or crush players.

There's a massive difference between playing Under-21 football and being on the bench at Chelsea, and playing every week in a league where you are playing for people's livelihoods and helping to pay their mortgages.

There is always a lot of pressure at Chelsea, but we are used to this and have to make sure we keep winning games.

No matter how angry people on the outside were when you don't perform well, a coach is 10 times what anyone else is feeling. Nothing digs at you more. But that's part of our business.

When Messi plays the ball, everybody expects many things from him. Sometimes it's too much because we have to let Messi breathe a bit.

At Arsenal and the so-called big clubs, you always know that there will be a bigger spotlight on every single position.

When you start to have success, people look at you differently and expect more from you. With that comes a lot of pressure to perform, so it can be a little overwhelming.

To reach the biggest club in the world where there are millions of fans and a lot of pressure was a brutal change.

The game shapes you. I played for 20 years at all levels, apart from the Premier League. I had a disaster at Bristol City, where in two years I learnt more about myself, the industry, fans, how you get treated, than I ever learnt in my career.

There is always a pressure if you play every game and especially when you are representing your country.

When I came in at United, I'd seen what the manager set, how the players lived their lives, how they trained, how they lived with the expectation and all sorts, playing three games a week at that level. And that is when I thought 'woah - this is different, this is something else.'

To relax in the Premier League is not good.

I suppose I should have realised that the very fact I was still playing for United at 38 years old was a sign that there was not enough pressure on us senior players from those coming into the side.

Real are the type of club where you are expected to win every game. For a player who wants to be the best it is stimulating to feel the pressure to defend their interests.

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

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

I don't like all these flashy cities like L.A. or Miami. I don't know if I could be the same player if I played in those cities.

I think every time you step on the field you have a certain amount of pressure on you to succeed.

Everyone's expecting you to be playing fantastic football, winning every game, and course it doesn't happen like that.

I'm asked all the time who the next big thing is in NXT and I always say I'm not going to say because it puts too much pressure on them.

Every time I come out, there's more and more people paying attention, so I gotta show out every time.

When you play for Barcelona, there is always pressure to win - you play for something special. It's the same when you player for Tottenham; the names are not important.