Petra Kvitova Quotes

The Olympics were the most pressure I've ever felt.

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

There's always pressure at a big club.

Any match you face, you know, you can be nervous.

I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old.

The pressure was huge going into London, definitely.

Sometimes when you go into the match, you want it so badly. I think sometimes is tricky. It makes you a little bit, like, tense and nervous.

The pressure is on the big teams.

Before normal games I was always relaxed. But at the World Cup for Italy my heartbeat was always going a lot quicker.

Every match that I have, I always feel like I'm more nervous than the last one.

If I hear about a big match coming up, I'll get anxiety about it, and I'll start thinking about it, like, 'What's gonna happen? Is this my shot?'

I feel like it's harder because everyone knows I'm the three-time world champion - it's almost like people are waiting for something bad to happen.

Everyone in the Premier League feels pressure to get results. It is part of being a footballer.

Players are under such pressure in crucial moments, especially at the highest level with what is on the line.

I wanted to prove myself on the pitch, but I didn't have many chances, so it put a lot more pressure on every single game that I played. I found myself in situations where I was so keen to show my qualities, but many times it worked against me and I was punished for being too eager.

Everyone's just looking at you. They're expecting you to win every game, and it's just not possible.

When you are a big team, and you play away against a second or third-tier team, there is always pressure.

When you play for Manchester United, the pressure's on every week.

There's pressure on each and every game.

The favourites and the stronger teams have a lot of pressure during the group phase because everybody just takes it for granted that they will reach the round of 16.

I've never felt as nervous as I did before a track meet - literally, stomach going crazy - 'cause it was just so difficult.

It's always pressure in sport. It was a lot of pressure since Day 1 in Orlando, and it's going to be always pressure, but I think those pressures make us better.

When you play constantly for strong sides, then the pressure is always on you.

I know I'll be under a spotlight, I know I'll be under the microscope.

I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large.