Jim Nantz Quotes

I love my fans in Philadelphia, but this is the hardest place in the world to play in. And I think it's the hardest place to play in to be a superstar. Just to be the No. 1 guy. All eyes on you - because everybody wants you to be perfect, but not themselves.

Anybody can miss a penalty.

There are spots that I have to hit. Throws I can't miss.

You're only as good as your last performance.

At Sunderland, if I had a bad game, it wasn't like it was the end of the world.

Every great player is more outstanding in the victory, but has more pressure in defeats.

The pressure of the World Series and the playoffs, it gets to you. But I hope I feel like that every year. Because hopefully we're playing into November every year.

If you want to be a big player and play for a big club, you have to deal with the pressure.

If you win a game, everyone is happy, and if you lose, everyone is watching you.

The pressure is on the big teams.

Because I am Olympic champion, everyone assumes I am this perfect athlete who should never lose. Every time I step in the ring, I am expected to win.

You've always six teams who are trying to win the title, and the other five have failed. But by word of saying it, it's not failing; it's just the way it is. The last two years, we didn't win it, so it wasn't good enough, but if now we win it, the other teams will say the same.

If you are too into the fans and adoration and the world thinking you are the greatest, then you do not perform well.

At all big clubs, there is pressure. They all want to win and expect to win.

When you fully focus in the match, you don't think too much about the atmosphere and the climate. Even if the temperature goes up, we will both sweat the same.

As a striker, what you got used to on a daily basis, it is to be applauded when you score goals. When the opposite happens, it's difficult.

There's always pressure at a big club.

Everybody's watching when you're the quarterback. The other players see how much you want it.

Sometimes when people play for their country, I think there is that little bit of fear and pressure.

Competition is to be expected at a club like Arsenal.

I wanted to prove myself on the pitch, but I didn't have many chances, so it put a lot more pressure on every single game that I played. I found myself in situations where I was so keen to show my qualities, but many times it worked against me and I was punished for being too eager.

I would get mad if Kobe was like, 'I'm not going to shoot that much tonight.' No, no, no, that's your gift. The people want to see you do what you're going to do.

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

When you are a big team, and you play away against a second or third-tier team, there is always pressure.

You want to make every shot, but it's not going to happen like that.