Johanna Konta Quotes

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

Even if we're in fifth place in September, I get butterflies before a game. I'm nervous.

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.

I get too hyped before games.

When people say they aren't nervous, I think they are lying about it. If you are human and you love the game, before any competition you still get those same butterflies in the stomach.

Being in a Grand Slam, doesn't matter what you did before, it's always nervous and excitement.

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

The first game I played against the University of Miami, I was very nervous - eyes wide open.

I'm always nervous. If I wasn't nervous, it would be weird. I get the same feeling at all the big races. It's part of the routine, and I accept it. It means I'm there and I'm ready.

I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good show.

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

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

First round of the tournament being a Major, I think the butterflies were a little different than that.

The first game is always the most difficult, for the nerves you have before you begin to play.

I get nervous playing the Opry still. You take that nervous energy and channel it into being amped.

The first few years I was competing, I'd ride so well in practice, then choke and fall in competition. Now I take a deep breath and say, 'Look at me. I'm outside. I'm doing what I love.' Still, nothing's matched the pressure I felt standing at the top of the halfpipe for the first time at the Olympics.

I am extremely nervous before anything. People who say they aren't nervous are telling a white lie. Nerves get you going, as you are playing for so much at the highest level.

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

There were so many emotions on 'Idol' with nervousness and pressure, but in good ways.

I get nervous before every single game, but I think it's a good sign. It means I care and want it to go as well as it possibly can.

I love to be nervous before a scene.

I do miss competing, being out there - the atmosphere, I do miss it.

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

I go through insanity before a show. It's not really a process but it's like absolute mortal fear.

Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.