Jose Mourinho Quotes

You can take 100 penalties in training, but when you go out on that pitch in front of all those people and the television cameras, it's completely different.

I'm normally a player that plays well under the TV lights, the cameras and everything, I normally do produce quite well.

We don't get too nervous for too may things, but on television a few million people are sitting there watching. Definitely a lot more nerves.

If you go to a game nervous, you make a mistake.

If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit.

In front of 40,000 people, you don't really want to drop a catch or misfield. It's part and parcel of the game.

I think I'm always nervous, even if I play not on the center court.

I think people are always nervous for your first game.

I am not worried about playing in front of a big crowd.

The hardest part of performing in the Premier League is the mental side of it, with everything being scrutinised.

I don't like the pressure of TV.

Performance is hard. I know this. I really enjoy it, but I have bombed, I have fluffed, and I have said the wrong thing.

If there were rankings for press conferences, I wouldn't have to worry about dropping out of the top five, I hope.

Auditioning is the worst.

I normally feel relief that I didn't die onstage or forget all my lines. Then I start remembering that I have to do it again sometime, and it'll probably not go as well.

I've been amazed watching people who are not ready with their scripts when they're getting a lot of attention.

Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.

I always want to give my best and do the best I can. I know when I have sung my best and when I haven't. There can be stresses and hassles with time travel and press attention. I just have to adapt and find a way of dealing with it.

Playing in front of people is a lot different from playing in your room.

I could never just play in a pub in front of four people because I would have had all the press turn up. That way, you don't get to build up naturally. It makes the work feel unnatural, and puts a lot of unnatural pressure on you.

If you don't play well, you have a bad game or a nightmare you know that the amount of coverage is worldwide.

Sometimes in golf I've got 10,000 people watching me. Cameras are easy. Doing the Jay Leno show was easy.

Like most people - unless they're very practised at it or have no warm blood at all in their veins - I feel a little apprehensive about the red carpet. It's always a bit bewildering when people are taking pictures and asking questions before the ceremony.

All of the press and stuff - that's the scary stuff. The acting is what I got trained to do.

Auditioning is so nerve-racking.