Evonne Goolagong Cawley Quotes

When I started on 'Strictly,' I was terrified. Live television seemed like the most daunting thing in the world.

I might be nervous off the court, being booed. But being on the court, it's my comfort zone. It's basketball. It's what I do. I'm not losing sleep over it.

Do you realize that you can't play the game of life with sweaty palms?

I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.

It may take me a long time before I feel 'ready' to tour as a lead singer. I may never be ready... we'll just have to see.

The first game is always the most difficult, for the nerves you have before you begin to play.

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.

For me, it's not a struggle to go out and play hockey. Under pressure, I feel it to a certain extent... but, I'm not scared of it.

I was definitely not the cocky kid. I was probably on the other end of the spectrum - I was quiet. I remember a time when there was a skills competition, and I think I was five, and I was so nervous to even compete that I chose not to do the skating part.

Any match you face, you know, you can be nervous.

Nerves can happen to even the best of us. It's not easy to compete.

I was nervous and confident at the same, nervous about going out there in front of all those people, with so much at stake, and confident that I was going to go out there and win.

Performing was terrifying.

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

As a very small child I found recorded noise and the solitary singer beneath the spotlight so dramatic and so brave... walking the plank... willingly... It was sink or swim. The very notion of standing there, alone, I found beautiful.

When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave.

Auditioning is the worst.

Stage fright is not a thing about 'Am I any good?' It's about 'Am I gonna be good tonight?' It's a right-now thing. It helps me. If I went out there thinkin', 'Eh, we'll go slaughter 'em,' I'm positive something would go seriously wrong.

I enjoyed doing Lipstick, but it scared me. I was very nervous. I couldn't wait for it to be over. It was very real, and I was just a kid.

Acting scares me.

I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.

I know when I am on stage and I'm kind of on the right track - hopefully most of the time. But a lot of time I'm not.

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

I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.