Matt Kuchar Quotes

I don't really get shaken very much. People could heckle me, a spotlight could go out, I could forget a lyric... I'm not operating on somebody's brain, you know what I mean? So I just think it's all funny.

In international cricket you have to thrive on the big stage, you have to deal with the media and the pressure.

I love performing, and I love being in front of people. I love the pressure you get and the pleasure performing brings.

For me anyway, until I was exposed to doing improvisation and walking onto a stage without any script, I would have never felt comfortable enough to walk into a room with someone like Larry David and audition.

I started with the Oakland A's back in 1971 and there was press at every game and there were cameras on me when I was that young. So with 20 years being MC Hammer, I'm comfortable with cameras so when the camera goes on, I continue doing what I'm doing.

It could be Grammy night, Oscar night, whatever - I don't feel the pressure to be there.

Some people are better at handling the limelight than others.

I just liked the feeling of being on stage.

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

It's so fun being on the stage and in the spotlight.

Ever since I was a kid, I loved being up in front of people. I loved making people laugh; I never had any stage fright.

Doing comedy is very challenging, as I am a shy person in real life.

I've got used to being on 'The Chase' and keeping nice and calm and that feels like comfort now compared to being in the spotlight and being on stage.

I perform better under pressure. If I go out there, and I'm not nervous, and I'm too relaxed, I don't like that vibe. I like big matches. I like pressure situations.

I like performing in front of big crowds.

I think 'American Idol' has prepared me for anything.

It's my show.

I certainly love doing comedy and feel most comfortable near it.

When I was 3, I recited a poem at a festival in Passaic, New Jersey. The applause was tremendous, and it hit me that I could affect people positively by performing.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be either a rock star or a wrestler.

I feel so much at home onstage and so comfortable in my body.

I don't want to be on 'Dancing With the Stars' anytime soon.

When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game.

I have a lot of fun playing a model on television, and I love being an actress. I don't think I could ever handle that world.

Onstage I have a natural chutzpa that audiences like. I'm out there.