Patrick Reed Quotes

Auditioning is the worst.

I still sweat. My guts are still grinding out there. Sometimes I have enough cotton in my mouth to knit a sweater.

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

For my TakeOver matches, I was always just a huge mess, a huge ball of nerves.

Auditioning sucks!

There were so many emotions on 'Idol' with nervousness and pressure, but in good ways.

Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone.

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

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.

There are not many times when I get nervous, but I do a little bit with penalties.

Putts get real difficult the day they hand out the money.

It's hard to act terrified when you have 200 crew members around you.

A 3-foot putt can be more nerve-racking than a 9-foot putt because a 3-foot putt you should be getting in. A 9-footer, there's a chance it won't go in.

Auditioning is so nerve-racking.

Walking into a show when I was 16, at that time when it was the No. 1 hit show, and replacing a character comes with so many expectations. I felt a lot of pressure with that.

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

The Olympics were the most pressure I've ever felt.

My main weakness is nerves.

People say to me that I can't be nervous because I've had such a wealth of experience, but I tell them that I have never done this particular part before.

There is no worse situation to be in than Oscar night. Not knowing whether you've won is completely draining.

Since this our first show, I think they'll see us sweat a lot.

Pressure is when you play for five dollars a hole with only two in your pocket.

I was nervous batting eighth, and I was nervous batting seventh.

There's always very high tension with dance auditions! You're in a group, watching the people in the front of the room, hoping you'll get something, anything that will relieve a bit of the stress.