Isaiah Thomas Quotes

Going out to play a game in front of 100,000 spectators doesn't worry me. Nothing to it.

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

Any fight I feel pressure, just the same as the last one, the next one will be just as important.

I was probably more scared of my high school exams than I was of the Oscars. At the time you think it's everything and if you don't do well, your life's over. Opportunities are gone. So the more you do it, the less the fear is present.

I've been booed on stages. I'm a little bit tougher than to walk off a stage because someone says something ugly.

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

I'm scared of failure so much more than any of the other girls I compete against that I work so much harder than they possibly could. I'm totally down with spiders and frogs and heights and snakes - everything; I'm cool with it.

You can take 100 penalties in training, but when you go out on that pitch in front of all those people and the television cameras, it's completely different.

As far as the anxiety, I have no idea about it. I don't feel like I have any nervousness out there. I'm just a guy who really cares about being competitive and that's the bottom line.

A lot of guys who have never choked have never been in the position to do so.

Oftentimes, I feel like the clock is on, and there's money at stake, and you gotta get up there and dance for grandma, and it better be great, and you better get it right.

Pressure makes me produce. Kills most guys. Mortifies 'em.

I love pressure situations. I won't run for cover, and I'll try to take as much of the heat as possible. Because I feel I can stand it better than most people.

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

I don't really get nervous anymore unless there's a big interview.

I can't remember ever racing without any pressure.

For me, to be on television and not be afraid of making a mistake is freeing.

I can feel this pressure of living up to the expectations of people. I hope I can fulfill it.

You lose weeks of sleep over a bad game, and a bad game could be one missed kick. So the ones you make, you just try to build on the confidence with it, and the ones you miss, you try to get it out of your head as quickly as possible and try to make the next one.

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.

There is nothing called pressure. I understand that there is expectation, but if there is any pressure, I don't feel it.

Being the headliner is only more pressure if you're not very good.

Competition is normal at a big club, but I've never been worried about it.

I still feel pressure - I'm sure everyone who plays feels pressure - but I don't feel it as much now as when I was younger.

A bit of nervousness is essential as in a way it helps you deliver your best.