Bernhard Langer Quotes

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

When I go to competitions, I don't have so much confidence that I don't worry or get nervous about the other skaters doing well.

Learning how to compete is one of the most important things that an athlete can do. You can train as well as you possibly can and go compete and completely choke.

I mean I don't want to feel inferior to any other golfer in the world. You know if you do that, then you know you're giving them an advantage, you know, right off the - you know, right from the start.

Although I have won many times now, each time when I have a lead, I start to think about winning. It's very difficult not to think about winning. Every time, there are new challenges. Every time, there are new issues to overcome.

I lost races because I wanted too much to win them in beating my rivals.

I think watching multi-events is much worse than competing. Especially when you have vested interests because you go through the emotional ups and downs.

Sometimes when you get to the press conferences, you hear you're going to play this person in the semifinals, and in the quarters, you're going to play her. And I'm like, 'Hold on a second.' First of all, you have to make it there. Second, your opponent needs to make it there. It looks easier on paper than it is in real life.

It's okay to feel nervous before a competition because it means you care about doing well.

Before competition, I start to question things. I don't know why it happens, but you've got to control it so you don't get too far out of the race.

I'm not worried about the Masters. I never worry about this tournament or that tournament.

It did not matter whether it was preseason, regular season, my first playoff game, or the Super Bowl, I was nervous. And all that meant was that it always mattered to me. Anytime I was putting myself on a line, it didn't matter what it was, it was okay to be nervous because it was important to me. It was important to do my job well.

There is always anxiety before a competition and it was no different for me today. It was only in the third round, with about 40 targets left, that I realised I could match the world record score.

I live in Sheffield, and most auditions are in London, meaning I'm normally a bag of nerves on the train to London because you have all that time to think.

You worry about whether you are match-fit, coming back to the stand-up stage.

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

When I step out onto the ice to compete 'Romeo and Juliet,' I don't feel like a fighter. I feel very nervous, and it's very difficult for me to get into the mindset for it.

When some people get parts, they feel they can now relax, but for me it was always the opposite. Sometimes before I do a movie or before I act out a scene, I may not sleep well the night before. If I don't know what the scene is about, I might get all worked up.

I feel pressure every day. It is only pressure that I put on myself, but I would expect all professional sportspeople to feel pressure to perform their best whenever they are at work.

Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over.

People expect you to play your best, so I go through a routine to prepare myself so that I know I'm physically and mentally ready - prepared for the game.

If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have the expectations of yourself that you should have.

There's a ton of nerves for every fight I've been in; it doesn't matter if it was my debut.

Right before I go on stage, I'm absolutely terrified. My mind darts at many directions, but the center of me is going forward into the performance.

As far as the anxiety, I have no idea about it. I don't feel like I have any nervousness out there. I'm just a guy who really cares about being competitive and that's the bottom line.