Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Quotes

If I don't wear something I feel confident in, I don't play as well.

I just feel so much more comfortable and confident every game I play.

I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games.

When you walk out of your apartment, you think about performing; you do not think about how your opponent looks. So I think the advice from me to everybody is just to go out there and have fun.

When I step forward on the floor, I have the confidence that I'm the best player playing that night and that I am the most prepared at what I need to be doing.

I am an insecure person. I have my own insecurities about lots of things, but I am pretty secure as an actor.

I don't really think about the degree of difficulty or the possibility of making a mistake. I just try to relax and let my preparation and training take over.

A lot of times when I'm confident and relaxed on the court, I'm going to be a pretty tough out. But when I'm not so confident and not so relaxed, I tense up and my balls fall short and everything. It just sort of unravels.

When you think you're good, you will play at that level. If you doubt yourself, you will play like crap.

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

I liked sports but I never really had the confidence. I was always coordinated and it came easy to me, but I didn't have the confidence to go along with the physical skill.

I always sleep really well, particularly before a race, when the adrenaline's pumping.

I still take it seriously, but once I go out there I think I've got more relaxed and I think it shows.

I am not an insecure person. For me, insecurity comes when something I do does not come across the way I thought it would. It would come if I had nothing more to say as an actor. I have a long way to go!

I mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself.

On the microphone, I'm not scared to step up and say, 'This is my ability, this is how good I am.' In other areas of life, I'm not so confident; I'm still adjusting to the photo shoots, all that stuff. But behind the mic, I'm fully confident.

When you're not playing, sometimes you're not full of confidence.

I never had a slight feeling of intimidation. I'm not even trying to compete with Mr. Perry.

No, I don't get nervous when I play basketball.

Being relaxed allowed me to fight the way I'm capable of fighting.

I think I have become mentally stronger now, and I have full confidence that I can finish close matches.

I perform better under pressure. If I go out there, and I'm not nervous, and I'm too relaxed, I don't like that vibe. I like big matches. I like pressure situations.

I go out there, and I know if I play my game, then I'm going to be all right.

When I walk out on to the court and everyone is staring, sometimes I wonder how my legs will carry me out there. That's forgotten as soon as I start playing.

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.