D. B. Sweeney Quotes

Every time I do something, I worry it's my last job.

I am the center of attention in my job every single day; the thought of a wedding to me is exhausting. Why would I put myself through that?

I have fear, always, on the set. Insecurity to the point where the first week I always think I could be fired. I think that's a fear most actors have.

I don't go to bed every night worried about getting back into baseball.

I get way more nervous playing golf in front of 500 people than being on stage in front of 20,000 people.

You have that moment just before you go on - I've had it in every play - where you just kind of want to run away. There's a whole audience, and they are waiting outside, and you're like, 'Why am I doing this again? Why? Why?'

Even after I played ten years of ball, I still felt like I had to play well or somebody might take my place. They had plenty of players in the minor leagues who were good enough to come up and take your job, and I think that kept us going all of the time. I hustled and put that extra effort in all of the time.

Drama if I sing, drama if I don't sing. What do you do?

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

You get to the big leagues, and you think, 'Can I do this stuff?' Then you take the first pitch down the middle for Strike 1, and you think, 'I could have hit that.'

I've only really had one period when I lost myself and felt like I was going to lose my career, and that was when I first began presenting 'X-Factor' spin-off 'The Xtra Factor' two years ago. I was worried if I did a rubbish job live on Saturday night TV that my music career was going to get affected and I would lose everything.

The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.

Before every performance I feel nervous.

If I had my way, I'd always be onstage. But I won't always be able to be onstage.

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.'

I worry a lot about what people think. I worry people think I'm not helping them enough, that they don't like my music, that I'm playing a song too fast or talking too fast. I worry my wife isn't happy with our relationship... I'm afraid somebody's going to take my career away from me. That it's going to go away, or I'm going to get fired.

Acting is bloody scary.

Early success is really scary. Especially in acting.

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

For whatever reason, it's easier to perform in front of a massive crowd than in front of a small one, but again, that's how we came up.

I do not love performing. I get really scared.

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

That's the insecurity with our job, because you never know where the next role is coming from. No matter how successful you are, there's always a fear of someone not wanting me to play something else.

My teammates don't see it, but deep down I find it tough to sit there and not influence big games.

You know, I spent parts of six seasons in the minor leagues and I dealt with some injuries there, I saw a lot of things. I had the safety net of being a first-round pick, so I didn't maybe necessarily experience some of that hardship firsthand, but I watched it break a lot of guys. The strain that it puts on you and your family, it's really tough.