Ashley Wagner Quotes

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

Every audition is different, but I get incredibly nervous and insecure and worked up for however long I have to prep - that's when I get to spin. But you're not allowed to spin once you enter the room. Doubt really can't enter the room when you're auditioning - unless it's part of the character.

I'm nervous when I play in the Masters or most other tournaments.

Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over.

I get nervous for any competition. I also get really competitive.

As far as the anxiety, I have no idea about it. I don't feel like I have any nervousness out there. I'm just a guy who really cares about being competitive and that's the bottom line.

I get nervous before openings or premieres or when someone's reading a new script, and I get nervous when my daughter isn't in my immediate field of vision.

When I go to competitions, I don't have so much confidence that I don't worry or get nervous about the other skaters doing well.

Sometimes when you go into the match, you want it so badly. I think sometimes is tricky. It makes you a little bit, like, tense and nervous.

I don't show tension and nervousness, but I know how fast my heartbeat races before a race.

I'm used to being nervous for shows in general.

If any player in the world tells you he doesn't care about what the opponents do, he is lying.

Coaches do get very nervous.

You have to go into every event with 100 percent confidence and just surf your best because everyone there is there to win, and no one is going to give you the heat. You have to win by a mile to really make a heat.

There are so many emotions when I step on the ice.

I still look forward to doing things I've never done before. But the fear beforehand is always worse than the actual moment. Leading up to it, especially before the match, is when the butterflies are at their worst. But in the match, the creatures - my fans - fuel me. They're a huge superpower for me and my survival.

I am extremely nervous before anything. People who say they aren't nervous are telling a white lie. Nerves get you going, as you are playing for so much at the highest level.

Everyone works so hard on their game and on their body. Most of the time, it comes down to who is more relaxed mentally; on the court while playing and off the court.

When I'm on set, I'm 100 percent comfortable, but at events and photo shoots, I'm beyond nervous.

A bit of nervousness is essential as in a way it helps you deliver your best.

I don't like to come to tournaments, like, one week before, because I just need, like, a few days, and then I'm ready to go for it.

Being in a Grand Slam, doesn't matter what you did before, it's always nervous and excitement.

I've never felt as nervous as I did before a track meet - literally, stomach going crazy - 'cause it was just so difficult.

Broadway is intimidating. Don't think it's not.

It's not so much that I don't enjoy playing live - that's one of the best parts of playing music - it's that it's nerve-racking with 300, 500 people watching.