Yohan Blake Quotes

You're blinded by lights and you see all these people who come out, and it's exciting. It's scary and it's exciting all rolled into one.

When you premiere somewhere like Cannes, it's huge. It's nerve-wracking.

A mall was something that I just used to hang out in as a kid. And then you go there, and there's 4,000 people waiting for you to perform. It's a big difference.

Fear is excitement without breath.

I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is.

It's not so much I like to go win, but it's a rush. A horrible gut wrenching thing, but it's exciting.

Since this our first show, I think they'll see us sweat a lot.

When you combine boring with fear, you have fun.

You get butterflies when you see all the fans screaming.

I am not worried about playing in front of a big crowd.

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.

I don't have stage or camera fright but there is a little anxiety while performing in-front of a lot of people.

I love to be nervous.

I get butterflies before I go out to say hello at a party.

I have had the auditioning process go on for two weeks or three weeks. I am always incredibly anxious. The audition and the wait is definitely the hardest part for me.

When you're up for an award at the Oscars, try as you might, it's hard to concentrate on the show.

Fear is exciting for me.

It's so thrilling to be intimidated.

When you sit down and play your music for someone you respect, you get that feeling in your stomach of like: 'Oh my God...' You know if it's not great because you start to feel sick.

I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse, but every time I show up on set it still feels like the first time.

You want to have butterflies in your stomach, because if you don't, if you walk out onstage complacent, that's not a good thing.

We don't get too nervous for too may things, but on television a few million people are sitting there watching. Definitely a lot more nerves.

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

The famous pilot season literally sends shivers down my spine.

I'm never comfortable at theatre opening nights. If it's my own production I'm too wound up to be able to enjoy the performance and too wary to enjoy the event as a social occasion.