Jimmy Kimmel Quotes

Writing on assignment, with lots of money handed to you before you even began, got very scary for me. My dread of not being perfect, something I got from a childhood surrounded by powerful, successful people, began to infect everything I wrote.

I feel the pressure of getting something right.

Being the headliner is only more pressure if you're not very good.

I think anytime you put the weight of the world on yourself saying, 'I have to perform,' or, 'I have to get a completion. I have to throw a touchdown,' nine times out of 10, I think you're going to fail.

I'm always thinking 'Don't mess this up.'

I find it difficult to be comfortable with anything for the same reasons that anyone gets nervous about something - because they want it to be good and they don't want to let anyone down.

If I hear about a big match coming up, I'll get anxiety about it, and I'll start thinking about it, like, 'What's gonna happen? Is this my shot?'

Sometimes you don't play well or you don't score, and in those times, the pressure comes from all around you as well as from yourself.

Any fight I feel pressure, just the same as the last one, the next one will be just as important.

The thought of having the expectations of the whole country on my shoulders worried and unnerved 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.

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

I stress out a lot. Being a perfectionist doesn't help with that!

Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.

I've worried more and more as the years have gone on. The more you're seen to be doing well, the more stress there is. You feel you ought to consider things more, and be more fussy - there's further to fall. All these little worries.

It's the weight of expectation that's the hardest to deal with, really, from my point of view.

I do feel pressure. I have always been able to surprise people because they didn't know to expect anything from me. And now people are starting to have expectations.

There is pressure that comes with everything being a big deal. I remember thinking, 'I need to survive the Shins. I don't know what I'm going to do to make a living otherwise, but I really don't want to do the Shins right now.'

A lot of guys who have never choked have never been in the position to do so.

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.

Pressure makes me produce. Kills most guys. Mortifies 'em.

You don't want to disappoint, or feel like you're trying to recreate the magic of something.

When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure. I felt like I had all the weight of the world on top of me, and I needed to perform, and perform at a high level every day.

I get nervous as hell when it's time for the songs to come out.

Ever since I can remember, over-expectation and pressure have been my worst enemies.