Dusan Tadic Quotes

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

I feel the pressure of getting something right.

Being the headliner is only more pressure if you're not very good.

Auditioning is the worst.

I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large.

I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor - all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one.

I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old.

Winning a Grand Slam changes everything. There is so much off-court stuff to deal with. And there are expectations of keeping it going that make it tough.

Show business is, essentially, a fear-based industry.

Since I became a favorite in every race, it's just another burden that I have to bear.

I'm on national TV in front of millions and I hate making mistakes.

I played on this soccer team, called Hollywood United, and there were a lot of old ex-international pro-players. We played this benefit match at the Rose Bowl, and the crowd streamed in. It's so nerve-wracking to go out into a stadium, feeling a billion eyes upon you when you mess up your touches. That's an overwhelming environment.

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 there's a certain amount of pressure depending on how demanding the part is, depending on how great the material is. I feel a certain amount of pressure to rise to the occasion.

For some reason, when I get to the 200m, I'm always a little bit nervous.

When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure. I felt like I had all the weight of the world on top of me, and I needed to perform, and perform at a high level every day.

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

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

When you are in the second position and you want to be champions, you are always under pressure.

The pressure was huge going into London, definitely.

Every match that I have, I always feel like I'm more nervous than the last one.

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

Sometimes when people play for their country, I think there is that little bit of fear and pressure.

It's impossible, when one team and one player is afraid of something that might happen in a match, they will not play well, they will not have 100 per cent confidence.

Playing in attack is difficult. You are under scrutiny, and you have to be able to deal with that.