Nic Pizzolatto Quotes

I'm always pretty tense about everything when it comes to work.

It is always pressure out there when you are favourite for the match.

It has gotten worse as I'm becoming more successful. My nerves. Just because there's a bit more pressure, and people are expecting a lot more from me.

I know I'll be under a spotlight, I know I'll be under the microscope.

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.

The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax.

A 3-foot putt can be more nerve-racking than a 9-foot putt because a 3-foot putt you should be getting in. A 9-footer, there's a chance it won't go in.

I can't remember a major league game where I could make eye contact with my dad. I kept wondering if he was going to yell at me for hanging a pitch or something.

I think at a club like Liverpool you always feel a bit of pressure. You should. But it doesn't bother me.

I find it difficult to be comfortable with anything for the same reasons that anyone gets nervous about something - because they want it to be good and they don't want to let anyone down.

I never knew a manager that didn't have pressure.

Sometimes when you go into the match, you want it so badly. I think sometimes is tricky. It makes you a little bit, like, tense and nervous.

Unfortunately, the manager is always the one who gets under pressure the most.

Relegation - that's pressure.

I feel like it's harder because everyone knows I'm the three-time world champion - it's almost like people are waiting for something bad to happen.

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

There's pressure with everything.

When time, money, and results are on the line, it's easy for tension to build.

At Madrid, pressure is normal.

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.

When the band were really big and we had massive hits, I was always stressed-out and insecure. I thought I wanted the band to be really popular, but when that happened, there was so much pressure to keep it going.

Every record I do does a little better than the last, which in turn makes me more stressed out.

When family and friends go to Everton, they tell me that there's a moment when I get the ball, and fans get to their feet in anticipation. There's so much at stake that people live under permanent pressure.

If you're good, you're always looking over your shoulder.

I almost feel more anxious lately about, 'Here's your opportunity, now you've got to make something of it.'