Tom Herman Quotes

Pressure comes from a lack of preparation.

I don't believe in pressure. The pressure is not being prepared for what you want to do.

It’s not really pressure, unless you’re not prepared.

There is pressure that comes with everything being a big deal. I remember thinking, 'I need to survive the Shins. I don't know what I'm going to do to make a living otherwise, but I really don't want to do the Shins right now.'

Pressure is self-doubt when you're unprepared.

My biggest worry is that we have to keep making good music, and I want to do well, but I wonder if I will be able to.

When you go to meetings or auditions and you fail to prepare, prepare to fail. It is simple but true.

No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best.

I'm in a complete state of panic before I begin something because I'm sure that it's going to be a complete disaster. I'm going to do a worse job than anybody could ever imagine anybody doing on the planet Earth.

I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large.

Writing on assignment, with lots of money handed to you before you even began, got very scary for me. My dread of not being perfect, something I got from a childhood surrounded by powerful, successful people, began to infect everything I wrote.

We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.

If you're not scoring the frustrations build up.

Show business is, essentially, a fear-based industry.

I don't think I'm sharp enough to not prepare and come on set and kill it.

When I step up to that penalty spot, I know the consequences. They're the same whether I miss the first, second, third - or the 10th - it will be the same.

In the last two World Cups, I realised that when you put a lot of pressure on yourself, it does not work.

I feel the pressure of getting something right.

I struggle getting ready for things.

After you win, people expect you to always play so good. When that doesn't happen, it's hard to deal with.

Sometimes you don't play well or you don't score, and in those times, the pressure comes from all around you as well as from yourself.

Everyone's just looking at you. They're expecting you to win every game, and it's just not possible.

I think all actors get scared because we're frightened to disappoint.

I've always had this crazy thought that I have to win something; otherwise, my career's a complete failure. It's ridiculous. Will a trophy change me as a person? No. Will it make me a better player? No. So what the hell am I worried about?

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