Andres Iniesta Quotes

Public speaking? I speak to myself on the street!

I had no fear of speaking to large audiences.

Most people's fear of being in front of an audience can generally be conquered by being completely on top of what it is they've got to do.

I was always drawn to standing up in front of people.

Getting up in front of an audience is my biggest motivation.

Practice, practice, practice in speaking before an audience will tend to remove all fear of audiences, just as practice in swimming will lead to confidence and facility in the water. You must learn to speak by speaking.

There are few things that will take you further in life, than your ability to make a good presentation.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

I always said put me in front of 40 or 50,000 people and play hockey, I'm comfortable there. Put me in front of 50 people to talk or get in front of, and that's where I'm probably the least comfortable.

This is unusual for me. I have given readings and not lectures. I have told people who ask for lectures that I have no lecture to give. And that is true.

You have to open up on stage.

An 'OMG' of mine would probably be speaking on stage and performing in front of thousands of people!

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

There's nothing about the stage to be afraid of; there's nothing about the cameras to be afraid of. You just have to be yourself.

I love essays, but they're not always the best way to communicate to a larger audience.

Training is fabulous because it gives you a basis, a strong structure, so that when you're unbelievably nervous and you think that you can't get a word out, you will get the word out.

I owed Lewis one thing, at least. Once you had suffered the experience of presenting a case at one of his Monday morning conferences, no other public appearance, whether on radio, TV or the lecture platform, could hold any terrors for you.

I was driven to give the best possible performance I could based on the material that was given to me and that material was documentary footage of the President speaking to people.

In order to make a good speech you must have something to say and you have to believe it.

I used to fear public speaking. My voice would shake, I used to forget to breathe. Now it's pretty easy for me.

When I give a speech, I tell it like a story.

It's all about being comfortable, forgetting there's a microphone in front of you.

Once you're out there in front of people, I don't think there's any choice than to just give it your all.

Sorry, public speaking isn't really my strong side.

I did my first speech when I was 17, well, my first formal speech. So I've had time to deal with it, and to adjust to it, but I can't say I'm like gung-ho on public speaking or interviews for that matter.