Collin Morikawa Quotes

Sledging makes things interesting. There are no robots playing. They are humans who want to perform well for the country. So when stakes are so high, emotions will take over. Sometimes sledging gets the best out of you.

I cannot see a situation when I won't feel pressure to play well and win.

What I went through in 1976, it's the same today: It's about all the pressure that you feel, the anxiety, the family, and everything that surrounds the Games, and then getting there knowing this is your big chance, and you're able to come through. It's such a satisfying thing.

It's kind of nice in some ways having an Olympic Trials where I finished second. You can kind of go in more under the radar facing a 2:03 guy and facing a lot of dudes who are faster than I am, whereas, before Beijing, I had one of the top 10 times in the field, or something like that.

When I arrived, I felt the spotlight shining brightly on me, and I knew the sharks were ready to strike if I did not pan out and prove myself to be the showman and the player the college ranks had labeled me to be.

When you get to play with the big boys, your game improves drastically.

I think it's funny because on 'Glee Project,' there's that added pressure, but with 'Glee,' there's no element of competition. No one's trying to dance better than anyone. But there's that added pressure of, 'So many people are going to watch 'Glee' this week. If I don't nail this dance, I look like an idiot.'

I played professional level sports. When you're playing for money, it's a whole other level.

When I go to competitions, I don't have so much confidence that I don't worry or get nervous about the other skaters doing well.

I never let myself forget that our rivals are waiting for us to slip up and feed their hope of catching us.

There is always pressure on managers at whatever stage of a season because we want to be winning games and we want to be winning football matches.

Every player at a high level faces pressure and must respond, and I am ready for that, too.

If you can't play under pressure, you shouldn't be at a World Cup.

I think every time you step on the field you have a certain amount of pressure on you to succeed.

I think it's normal to have competition once you get to the professional level.

Everyone works so hard on their game and on their body. Most of the time, it comes down to who is more relaxed mentally; on the court while playing and off the court.

Being in a Grand Slam, doesn't matter what you did before, it's always nervous and excitement.

Great performers welcome pressure.

It did not matter whether it was preseason, regular season, my first playoff game, or the Super Bowl, I was nervous. And all that meant was that it always mattered to me. Anytime I was putting myself on a line, it didn't matter what it was, it was okay to be nervous because it was important to me. It was important to do my job well.

I am the type of person who relishes the chance to stand up and perform under pressure. I have had to do that my whole career.

Any fight I feel pressure, just the same as the last one, the next one will be just as important.

Theatre is for you if you truly want to act and test yourself. There is no room for error as you are performing in front of a live audience.

No matter how much you train, you can't replicate the stresses that the body takes when it's in a competitive environment.

The reality of this sport is champions make a heck of a lot more than non-champions, so the pressure to keep the title in order to keep earning that money is immense.

Changing over to the UFC, I was trying to force myself to thinking, like, 'This was it; this is the most important thing.'