Ruby Dee Quotes

I can't remember ever racing without any pressure.

I've been in pressure situations before. All my life it's been about pressure and having to get it done. Just because you say it publicly, it does not make me afraid of it or make me shy away from it.

There's a pressure regardless of that to do a good show.

I don't want to compete. I want to skate for the joy. I get so nervous in competition. I get always sick. I had pressures enough in my life from skating.

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

It's okay to feel nervous before a competition because it means you care about doing well.

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

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.

Between what I know I can do and want to achieve and what the audience expects, it's a lot of pressure, and it's always adding up.

Nerves can happen to even the best of us. It's not easy to compete.

Performing was terrifying.

I had panic attacks during rehearsal. There were times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to do it.

A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to take out of education: the fear of worrying about what marks you'll get, detention, worrying about letting people down, your parents, teachers.

I think after coming off of 'American Idol'... people kind of expect you to just be awesome all the time, and we're still learning. I had a lot of stage experience, but it was in a 200-seat theater, you know - it wasn't thousands of people in front of me.

I love pressure in a different sort of way; I enjoy the pressure of getting out and performing for the public. Being compared and judged doesn't seem quite right to me.

I get extremely nervous before performances. I pray and try to look at it as, 'I'll go out there and have fun,' but it's very nerve-wracking for me. I don't think that will ever change.

For many years, I didn't even like the idea of doing a one-person play. Public speaking got me past that. I've always been good at public speaking, but I never really enjoyed it. Then I started to really enjoy it, and that's made all the difference.

I have to prove myself in a lot of ways - as an actor, as a person, as someone who can handle pressure.

I've been in a talent show, yeah. They are terrifying. The most nerve-wracking experience of your life, I'd say.

I enjoyed doing Lipstick, but it scared me. I was very nervous. I couldn't wait for it to be over. It was very real, and I was just a kid.

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

Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.

I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.

I don't think about the trials and the Olympics a lot. If I do, it's just going to stress me out and get me worried.

Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.