Georges St-Pierre Quotes

Whenever you give a shot, the nervous energy in your stomach is the key to that emotional breakdown, that kick that is needed to perform.

I've always believed that I performed better under pressure.

I get nervous for any competition. I also get really competitive.

Every time you go up to the board, you get scared. It's more like adrenaline, though - you feel pumped and ready to go.

Most of my best games were when I felt crap - I could hardly move on the morning of the World Cup semi-final in 1990 - but there's a thing called adrenaline that gets you through.

Nervous can be good. It means I'm ready to go.

I seem to get the best out of myself when the pressure's on. My senses are heightened. I feel sharper. I do better things.

I don't show tension and nervousness, but I know how fast my heartbeat races before a race.

I like to be nervous, as I push myself harder.

Everyone on the grid gets nervous before a Formula 1 race. It's just how you manage it. It's impossible not to be a bit nervous before a Formula 1 start or even before a World Series start. You have nerves. The thing is, you know how to control them.

It's dangerous to get calm. You need some nerves to work from, it's good energy. It's not good to have no nerves. You'd fall asleep on stage.

As I got older and started moving up the ranking, the matches got more important, and my emotions ratcheted up. I guess I hid my real feelings behind the anger.

I didn't do so well at 'Saturday Night Live.' It was a very hard experience for me, for a lot of reasons that have to do with the kind of person I am and the personal issues I had at the time. I was very alone in New York, and the show has a lot of stress related to it.

I get nervous playing the Opry still. You take that nervous energy and channel it into being amped.

I get scared to death every time I have to play. I always get nervous because you never know what to expect. The crowd could be awful, or it could be amazing. You just never know what you're going to get until you get out there and do it. I just do my best and have fun.

My experience for myself as a performer is not one of high expectations.

You'd think after 100 shows you'd be used to this, but it's not true for me. It always feels like the first show.

But if you can't relish playing in big games like this then it's not worth it.

For me, I just love running in the big moments. That's always been the way. That is what you work so hard for. You don't work hard to run fast in practice or to run fast at small meets.

I can't remember ever racing without any pressure.

The good thing about being nervous is that you perform better.

I would want to start. I want to run out there in front of 20,000 people and get my name announced. I get it. I get that.

You have to bury nerves, because they can either destroy you or give you that extra boost. You have to use your nerves in a good way. Don't let them destroy you.

I had gigged so much from the age of 11 to 20 that I got to a stage where I actually got less nervous the bigger the gig. But you need those butterflies: they make you feel alive.

Every time you get in front of the lights and the cameras and you think, 'Okay, well, we've done this before, but we have to do it again? Oh, we're doing it again? We're doing it again?' It's so gratifying, but I don't think I'll ever get used to it. I hope I won't.