Tony Robbins Quotes

I think my worst nightmare is standing up in front of a group of people.

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

Getting up in front and talking to the people who build my cars is the worst. I get so damn nervous.

I would have stage-fright if I had to speak with every one of the people before whom I speak.

Public speaking is scary, I think. I've gotten way better at it. If I have to do a speech and be like, 'I'm a YouTuber,' then that's easy, but if I have to get up there and pretend I know something in front of adults, it's never fine. In front of adults, it's like, 'Ahhhh they're going to judge me.'

I wanted to be a ballerina so badly. You can be seen and take over the spotlight without speaking. I had a fear of speaking in public back then.

I go around the country, and I speak to colleges, conferences and thousands of people at a time, and I'm like, 'Great. Fine. Whatever.' Coming to speak to about 60 kids, I am scared to death.

There are only two types of speakers in the world. 1. The nervous and 2. Liars.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.

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

I'm terrible at speaking extemporaneously about my work - I get completely tongue-tied and consumed with fear.

We blush very, very easily, and we get terrified of audiences.

I was always shy and had a huge fear of being onstage.

There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.

I'm a horrible public speaker.

I'm shy at public speaking, which is tough.

When I used to work in television, a tip was rather than looking down the barrel of the camera and imagine people watching, which is terrifying, imagine your most discerning friend observing you, and imagine you're just talking to them.

I can't remember if I had any stage fright at the first Bowl. But I did the second time.

The confidence and charisma it takes to stand up in front of a group of children absolutely terrifies me.

I hate being up onstage with a microphone.

I was just painfully shy. I couldn't talk to anyone. Going up in front of class, I would have to mentally prepare myself to raise my hand.

Doing stand-up is not normal. People fear public speaking above all other things, and I am no different.

I can go in front of thousands of people on stage and not be afraid, but when there's just a few people, that scares me.

A recent survey stated that the average person's greatest fear is having to give a speech in public. Somehow this ranked even higher than death which was third on the list. So, you're telling me that at a funeral, most people would rather be the guy in the coffin than have to stand up and give a eulogy.