Nancy Lopez Quotes

I love playing under pressure. In fact, if there's no pressure, then I'm not in the perfect zone.

In the end, success in a shoot-out is being able to perform a particular skill under pressure.

I've always felt how players handle the pressure was the most interesting part of golf.

Golf is the greatest sport of all to see if you can handle pressure.

Every player at a high level faces pressure and must respond, and I am ready for that, too.

Concentration and focus - they are very important, just as important as in anything, I suppose, if you're going to succeed. I've seen a lot of good players on the training ground, but when it comes to the game, they can't keep the same levels up on a Saturday.

If you can't play under pressure, you shouldn't be at a World Cup.

Players are under such pressure in crucial moments, especially at the highest level with what is on the line.

I'm accustomed to pressure. It's what we, as players, live. If you don't want pressure, then football is not for you.

When I was playing football, I always felt in complete control. When I play golf and come under pressure, it's a completely different ball game.

To play in atmospheres that are intense is when I play my best football.

I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused on what you're doing.

Whenever the heat's on, my whole life, I've just kind of learned to focus a little more.

I don't ever want the players to relax in a game.

When you're out there in the heat of the moment and you're pitching, and it's a big situation, you're saying 'Don't throw a ball, don't give up a hit, don't walk this guy.' But the harder you want to control something the more it gets out of your control.

We try not to let pressure get into our heads and play the way we usually do.

I have the game for the pressure matches and now I just have to be consistent.

Been dealing with pressure since I've been playing sports, so that's why I play the position. It's a pressure-packed position and I love it.

As kickers, it's all about being able to block out the crowd noise, being able to block out certain aspects of the game, and just do your job no matter what the circumstances are.

I think preparing every week like it's the most important game in the world makes things a little easier once you get in situations where a lot more people are watching and it might be a lot more important for people outside of the building.

The biggest thing I tell the boys is control the heartbeat. It's hard to do, but we've gotta be able to control the heartbeat in big moments because it goes really quick. So just stay in that moment and focus on the moment, don't get ahead of yourselves, and just play the game that we've been playing all year.

Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.

I learned, for me to play at my best, I need to play with an edge.

Pressure is the biggest single factor in Test cricket.

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.