Terry Brooks Quotes

When there is tension, arguments and money problems, it's tough to do your work. Some people thrive on that. I don't.

I don't have time for heartache or problems, especially drama.

It seems that we have it backward in our society. We tend to look up to people who are under a great deal of stress, who can handle loads of stress, and those who are under a great deal of pressure.

I wrote my thesis on the benefits of war and very near got thrown out of college. But I can show you where the greatest advancement of mankind comes under stress and strain, not comfort.

Pressure and stress is the common cold of the psyche.

There is no better test of character than when you're tossed into crisis. That's when we see one's true colors shine through. So I try my best to make my characters personally involved in the plot, in a way that stresses them and tests them.

I find it very difficult to relax. I find it increasingly difficult to find outlets for my frustration.

Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain.

Some people have a terrible stretch between family and work. It is a difficult thing to achieve.

I don't have a problem with conflict. I'm not a stranger to high-pressure situations. I've been there, believe me.

I sometimes feel like I'm caught in a vise. Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero. Others hate me.

I stress a lot, sometimes.

I'm still trying to decide. It's a really difficult one because I really enjoy my time in the Air Force. And I'd love to continue it. But the pressures of my other life are building. And fighting them off or balancing the two of them has proven quite difficult.

Sometimes you get yourselves in situations where you don't realize people are actually testing you. People are actually provoking you.

I think men under pressure - I mean, that's what brings out the worst and the best of us. I like to explore that quite a bit in my characters because I don't see a lot of it on the screen that moved me like the films that I grew up with - that are honest, at least, about honest emotions and honest heroism.

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

I was a player for 20 years. When there was something bothering me, I couldn't perform to my usual standard. When your wife is annoying you, for instance, it's not easy to do your best work, is it?

Football is constant pressure, from day to day. You need to know how to live with that.

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.

It's normal to be under pressure. I'm fighting professionally for 15 years, and it's always been like that.

Every field has its pressures and stress factors.

We Indians react under pressure.

I just feel like I've been in a lot of high-pressure situations, and I think I'm able to stay poised in those situations.

When guys get competitive and get under each other's skin, it brings you out more. Some people fold.

There's pressure with everything.