Nikita Parris Quotes

There is something wonderful about turning up every day and knowing that not just the character but the whole movie kind of rests on your shoulders. And there's great satisfaction when you think it's going well and then real terror when you think it's not.

If you're the star of a show, the next one has to be as good or better, and if you're doing a series, if anything goes wrong, it's your fault. There's nobody else to blame.

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

As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.

The difficulty with any sort of esteem is that more is expected of you.

If you're not scoring the frustrations build up.

The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.

I find it difficult to be comfortable with anything for the same reasons that anyone gets nervous about something - because they want it to be good and they don't want to let anyone down.

People think that footballers just have a kick around with their mates. If they win, fine; if they don't, that's then fine, too. No pasa nada. No. You have an obligation and responsibility.

Pressure comes from being unprepared.

I feel the pressure of getting something right.

My biggest worry is that we have to keep making good music, and I want to do well, but I wonder if I will be able to.

Everyone's just looking at you. They're expecting you to win every game, and it's just not possible.

Criticism is part of being at a club like Arsenal. You always have to win and when you're not winning you have to be prepared for that. It's part of your job.

I can't afford to do the highlight dunk and miss it because, if I do that, I'll be sitting right on the bench beside the coaches.

When you win, that's what you're expected to do and when you lose, people get on your back.

When time, money, and results are on the line, it's easy for tension to build.

When they take you with the eighth pick, I don't want to say pressure, but you've got a lot of people counting on you.

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

If you're a starting pitcher, the ball's in your hands and all eyes are you. And when you're kicking, either you missed it or you made it. So there's a lot of parallels in that.

You are not guaranteed to be part of that story if you don't perform.

I feel like people expect a lot from me.

For us, there is no such thing as failure. You can't miss a deadline; you can't come up short on an assignment. You have to perform, period.

You'd have to be kind of a bonehead not to feel pressure.

Pressure comes from a lack of preparation.