Smriti Mandhana Quotes

Don't misunderstand,' he said, 'there's pressure with every football game… Sometimes players, coaches, teams put pressure on themselves when they don't have to.

I don't feel pressure going into games.

When I got to match point in the final I was afraid I'd be a little nervous, but I just said, You have to stay focused, just think about what you have to do.

My parents think I'm better under pressure.

I think I'm always nervous, even if I play not on the center court.

I don't pay any attention to records. I don't want pressure. I just want to get to that line.

No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best.

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

'Don't worry about it, and you'll be great,' said nobody, ever.

I've got a lot of weaknesses. One of them is that I often get scared and tense when I'm working - and fear is one of the big threats to any good performance, because it closes you down and makes it harder for you to produce life in front of the camera.

To play with pressure is always a good thing. I like to play with pressure.

I don't know why, but I don't really get too nervous before games or practices or whatever.

I just can't put the pressure on of winning a championship, winning a championship, because then I'd never be able to sleep.

At a track, it's different, there's pressure, things like this, so to be yourself is a bit different.

We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.

If you're not scoring the frustrations build up.

In 1987 I got dartitis, a psychological condition which means you can't let your darts go properly. For a time, I wondered what the hell I was going to do if I didn't recover. But I remained positive and, thankfully, got over it. It occurred during the Swedish Open when I found I couldn't let the darts go.

Actually the adrenaline of the game will probably help me out a little bit to regain command and concentration about the things that I have to do.

If you go to a game nervous, you make a mistake.

I suffer greatly from nerves. I have stage-fright badly, and it gets worse, but the stage is still my life.

I'd try to channel my nervous energy in a positive way into strength and endurance. It didn't always work.

I don't think I will be less good because there's less pressure on me.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

I think if I was less exigent with myself, maybe I would be more productive, because I would put less pressure on my shoulders.

I always performed out of fear of failure - and that's a tough way to play. It was as if my back was to the wall and I was constantly surrounded by very dangerous people that were not friendly to me.