Millard Drexler Quotes

Only the paranoid survive.

Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.

Every day I run scared. That's the only way I can stay ahead.

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.

Only the paranoid survive.

If you're not nervous then you're not paying attention.

Just because we are back home, don't get comfortable. Have that same uptight feeling like it's just us against everyone.

If you're good, you're always looking over your shoulder.

Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.

When you are 16 there is no fear whatsoever. 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.

I'm more nervous about doing this than anything I've ever done before, because it is so prestigious.

Words can't describe how one would feel in that moment after doing a test for something you really want but in your heart you don't think you have a chance of getting.

You really need to be on the edge and you have to keep your eyes open.

Auditioning is the worst.

Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.

Nerves are good. They keep you alive.

Fear is the foundation of safety.

It's tough to play the right chord on the instrument when there's someone out there who wants to kill you.

What puts someone on guard isn't necessarily the fear of being found out.

I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good show.

There are not many times when I get nervous, but I do a little bit with penalties.

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

Few things focus the mind like fear.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

In TV, you always feel you are standing on the tracks of an oncoming train.