John Hillcoat Quotes

I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful situations, when life stops being cozy.

If we just wanted positive emotions, our species would have died out a long time ago.

Suffering isn't a moral endowment. People don't always do well under duress, and it seemed to me to be truer to a fellow in that situation to make him angry.

If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.

I am interested in how human beings react to crisis and conflict.

You don't know what people are really like until they're under a lot of stress.

I don't have a problem with conflict. I'm not a stranger to high-pressure situations. I've been there, believe me.

Under so much pressure and the situation that I was in, that was the personality that came across with me.

If you can't stand the heat in the dressing room, get out of the kitchen.

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

When one is having good fortune, one's mind tends to be clear. When one is struck by a disaster, one's mind tends to be muddled.

Sometimes you get yourselves in situations where you don't realize people are actually testing you. People are actually provoking you.

I'm interested in character and people and motivations and things like that.

I believe when things are going well, there's pressure, and when things are going bad, there's pressure. The pressure is more on the outside than inside.

I was a player for 20 years. When there was something bothering me, I couldn't perform to my usual standard. When your wife is annoying you, for instance, it's not easy to do your best work, is it?

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.

Pressure brings the best out of people, or it can bring the worst out. It's just how you use it.

I've always thrived under the pressure of the big games. I enjoy that, and there's nothing I get afraid about.

I know how you can feel when you are playing under pressure.

I love it when you have to perform at a certain level or else. That's when I'm at my best.

As players we know pressure is part and parcel of what we do.

Everything's a lot tougher when it's for real. That's when you choke. When it's for real.

Men under stress are fools, and fool themselves.

I don't feel like I ever really do get past the nervousness. I'm always nervous. Something about being nervous keeps you on the edge, and I've always felt like I worked better under pressure.