Deshaun Watson Quotes

Public speaking, for me, or speaking even in front of a handful of people is my greatest fear.

I consider myself a pretty good extemporaneous speaker. Even though I don't like speaking in front of people, I don't think I'm bad at it.

I conquered my stage fright a long time ago. In my line of work, it's kind of a pre-requisite that you not feel bad about looking stupid in front of a lot of people.

I don't like standing and talking in front of lots of people.

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

I was so afraid to even read a paper in front of my classmates. It is very funny because at that point my teachers would never have believed that I could speak in front of an audience of over 2,000 people.

Getting up in front of an audience is my biggest motivation.

I am literally horrible at speaking to a camera.

There's a lot of pressure to chitchat with the audience. But when they're in school, people don't want to get up in front of their classroom when they have to talk about themselves or a project.

I can't say I'm not nervous at all with media and doing speeches, but I'm getting used to it and better at it, hopefully.

In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.

I don't like giving speeches - I enjoy sitting on my rump.

I was always an exhibitionist. I liked it when everyone laughed. But I didn't do plays in high school. I was too nervous.

I always said put me in front of 40 or 50,000 people and play hockey, I'm comfortable there. Put me in front of 50 people to talk or get in front of, and that's where I'm probably the least comfortable.

I like getting up in front of an audience. It's fun when you go to a baseball game and the crowd is cheering you. I can't deny it. And it's very funny, too. Sometimes you're shy; you go somewhere and everyone's looking at you, so you feel a little self-conscious.

I don't feel nervous or fearful when I'm on stage.

I'm not great on television. That's one reason I don't do it very often.

I am not a good cue card reader.

I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them.

The stuff I do and say onstage I can do easily. As a performer, that comes easily. But being social offstage, it's not easy for me.

And I began to tell little anecdotes that had happened to me, and people would laugh. And I began to like that, you know. But I knew that, 'cause I'd do that in school, but I wouldn't do it out there in front of all them people.

There's nothing about the stage to be afraid of; there's nothing about the cameras to be afraid of. You just have to be yourself.

I'm hideously shy as myself, but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.

I'm not a natural story-teller. Put a keyboard in front of me and I'm fine, but stand me up in front of an audience and I'm actually quite shy and reserved.

I certainly never expected to be in front of a camera one day of my life.