Alex Rodriguez Quotes

I feel the pressure of getting something right.

Writing on assignment, with lots of money handed to you before you even began, got very scary for me. My dread of not being perfect, something I got from a childhood surrounded by powerful, successful people, began to infect everything I wrote.

I do feel pressure. I have always been able to surprise people because they didn't know to expect anything from me. And now people are starting to have expectations.

Pressure makes me produce. Kills most guys. Mortifies 'em.

Everybody's got high expectations for me. I just don't want to let anybody down.

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.

But there was a lot of pressure to achieve and to get things right, whether in school, on stage or with my peers and family.

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.

Since I became a favorite in every race, it's just another burden that I have to bear.

There is pressure that comes with everything being a big deal. I remember thinking, 'I need to survive the Shins. I don't know what I'm going to do to make a living otherwise, but I really don't want to do the Shins right now.'

I've always had a lot of pressure on myself, but I'm not going to lie, I feel a lot of pressure to give the fans everything they expect plus more.

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

Obviously, making my debut at such a young age, people put a lot of pressure on you.

High expectations are really intimidating.

Ever since I can remember, over-expectation and pressure have been my worst enemies.

You always feel pressure to do your best, and when you know that the story revolves around you, it can become very overwhelming.

I remember, playing in college especially, I cried in almost every game I played. I just felt so much stress and pressure that I was letting everyone down if I didn't score a goal or win the game. I carried that weight with me into every game.

Being the headliner is only more pressure if you're not very good.

I think anytime you put the weight of the world on yourself saying, 'I have to perform,' or, 'I have to get a completion. I have to throw a touchdown,' nine times out of 10, I think you're going to fail.

Playing in attack is difficult. You are under scrutiny, and you have to be able to deal with that.

I always feel pressure, no matter what I do! I think it is what gets me up in the morning.

Any fight I feel pressure, just the same as the last one, the next one will be just as important.

I don't want to disappoint - that's a nightmare to me.

Everyone's set the bar really high and expects me to be brilliant.

When I first started as an editorial cartoonist, I was terrified on a daily basis. Filling that hole the next day, knowing that tens of thousands of people were going to expect something funny. There is still that pressure, but you kind of learn how to cope with it a little better.