Grayson Allen Quotes

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

I try not to worry about what that's going to look like. If you worry about looking stupid, that's when you look really stupid.

I am totally fearless! Well, of course, I'm not totally fearless. I worry constantly and obsess over things, but I just don't let fear stand in the way of doing something that I really want to do.

Once you lose that fear, good stuff can happen because you're not in your head about whether it will suck. Once you don't care and accept that it probably will suck, then it probably won't suck.

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

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

It's your own fear of failure that stops you from doing things.

A lot of guys who have never choked have never been in the position to do so.

I think a lot of acting is having the confidence to be open enough to try things and not be afraid of falling on your face and looking like a fool.

I think, as an actor, you're constantly confronted with your fear of sticking your neck out.

Everybody has some part of their game that is easily influenced to choke.

I always performed out of fear of failure - and that's a tough way to play. It was as if my back was to the wall and I was constantly surrounded by very dangerous people that were not friendly to me.

Truthfully, you're not your audience, so all that self-consciousness and all that - it gets in the way of you actually just being the best thing in whatever thing that you're doing.

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.

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.

It is just down to confidence. When I haven't got any, I hate playing the game.

I'm not scared of big stadiums. There are other risks in my profession, and I love taking risks.

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.

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.

You can't go out there and play scared.

So I don't really suffer too badly from fears - I'm quite happy to engender them in other people though!

I had no apprehensions doing bold scenes.

I lack confidence as an actor.

I've always been insecure about my singing. That's why I've focused so much on my songwriting.

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.