Sourav Ganguly Quotes

There's a lot more pressure on me at United. There are people out there trying to shoot you down.

The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax.

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

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

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

I know everything I do is going to be magnified.

I think I'm a focal point for everyone. It's obvious that all the fans are watching every move that I make, and so why wouldn't the refs?

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.

A lot of people expect a lot of things out of me.

Any goalkeeper that's going to play for Liverpool is going to be looked at and scrutinised - every shot, everything about it is going to be scrutinised.

I don't want to be Kato, the trial guy. It's like everything I do is under a microscope.

Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver.

I think maybe in a way it gets worse because you come in with a real reputation and they've paid you lots of money and all that.

From my own point of view, I hope everybody would realise that people who work in Scottish football - referees included - are always under terrific scrutiny.

The big upside to being captain is it's a huge honour, but the downside is that there is definitely extra pressure.

There is a great responsibility on the team to perform well, because our supporters and the whole of the country are expecting us to do just that.

The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time.

It is always a challenge to work when people have big expectations. I would much rather feel comfortable working without expectations.

Success, however you judge what that even means, brings with it certain pressures.

I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and I felt it was very, very important that I do a good job.

I just meant as far as coming to the games on time; it was just like I was under the microscope, every little thing, it was like they were looking for me to come in here with my shoes untied.

I do feel pressure. I have always been able to surprise people because they didn't know to expect anything from me. And now people are starting to have expectations.

You can't help but be scrutinized, so I might as well be doing something while I'm being scrutinized.

Having a constant productive anxiety doesn't mean that people are miserable and wailing but that people know they will be held accountable if things do not go right.

I'm aware that if the ball is thrown in my direction, I'm expected to catch it because the media is going to be on my back.