Nnamdi Asomugha Quotes

My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible.

If I didn't do something perfectly, I had to do it again... I grew up with a glue gun pointed at my head.

Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm.

I'm my own most merciless critic onstage.

Mother set impossibly high standards for us, creating tremendous pressures and undermining our ability to accomplish whatever modest aims we may have set for ourselves.

A lot of times, in the beginning of my career, I put pressure on myself just because I wanted to perform so well. I just wanted to be perfect.

Tiger parenting is all about raising independent, creative, courageous kids. In America today, there's a dangerous tendency to romanticize creativity in a way that may undermine it.

Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldn't bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down.

My dad was very critical and had very high expectations without a lot of the details filled in. It was, 'I expect you to achieve greatness in grades, in athletics, in whatever you do.'

You're under tremendous pressure, and everyone needs you to be perfect all the time, and that often creates a perverse incentive to not tell the truth. Please remember - when you get caught not telling the truth, it's over.

My parents, they were just really strict on things being perfect.

During those years with the Iron Maidens, I felt I had to be great and really prove myself at every single show.

It's hard to continue to be great and have so much on your back, knowing that even a little mistake can mess you up for good.

I feel the pressure of getting something right.

My mother was very, very critical of my early efforts. She was, like, 'At your age, the Brontes were doing X, Y, and Z.'

Being in a career and going from highlight to highlight and playing a lot of matches you go through it and think it's normal when you play in front of 60,000 and you almost want to vomit in front of every game.

It's more responsibility for star kids. Instead of having things easy, expectation is higher. They are compared to their parents, and that's unfair.

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

It's hard when you win the title to not think, 'I'm here. Now what do I do?'

When I was in Vojvodina, it is not possible to describe. If you play one bad ball, one little mistake, they are, 'Oh, what is that?' Then, some players, they are afraid to take responsibility. They don't feel well, you know; you don't have freedom to show yourself.

I know I have exacting standards.

Sometimes when people ask a lot of me, or they're not liking what I'm turning in, especially when I'm working one on one with someone, I can get really insecure.

Unless I can do myself justice and play well, I'm not going to play.

I used to focus so much on winning. I used to be such a perfectionist.

I am very hard on myself. I know the slightest loss of concentration, the slightest mistake will be punished. I try to limit it as much as possible.