Lauren Ashley Carter Quotes

A lot of times, in the beginning of my career, I put pressure on myself just because I wanted to perform so well. I just wanted to be perfect.

Sometimes you don't play well or you don't score, and in those times, the pressure comes from all around you as well as from yourself.

When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure. I felt like I had all the weight of the world on top of me, and I needed to perform, and perform at a high level every day.

I remember, playing in college especially, I cried in almost every game I played. I just felt so much stress and pressure that I was letting everyone down if I didn't score a goal or win the game. I carried that weight with me into every game.

Being the headliner is only more pressure if you're not very good.

I think anytime you put the weight of the world on yourself saying, 'I have to perform,' or, 'I have to get a completion. I have to throw a touchdown,' nine times out of 10, I think you're going to fail.

The pressure of success is suffocating.

Writing on assignment, with lots of money handed to you before you even began, got very scary for me. My dread of not being perfect, something I got from a childhood surrounded by powerful, successful people, began to infect everything I wrote.

My performance level has risen - and my anxiety-level has sky-rocketed.

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.

I'm always nervous before starting a record because I can never sleep. I'm like, 'I have no good ideas, everyone is gonna see through me.'

For the first six or eight months at Juilliard I felt paralysed. I didn't know what I was doing.

I play with a fear of letting people down. That's what motivates me.

When you're shooting, there's terrible pressure, and you never switch off. Every day is like the day before an exam; it's relentless.

There is such a hype and a big build up to me, and it's very hard to meet those expectations. That's been a big stress in my life.

Oftentimes, I feel like the clock is on, and there's money at stake, and you gotta get up there and dance for grandma, and it better be great, and you better get it right.

Pressure makes me produce. Kills most guys. Mortifies 'em.

The pressure was huge going into London, definitely.

I can feel this pressure of living up to the expectations of people. I hope I can fulfill it.

You feel pressure when other people's expectations are higher than your own.

During those years with the Iron Maidens, I felt I had to be great and really prove myself at every single show.

I feel the pressure of getting something right.

Pressure is self-inflicted.

Being in a career and going from highlight to highlight and playing a lot of matches you go through it and think it's normal when you play in front of 60,000 and you almost want to vomit in front of every game.

I wanted to prove myself on the pitch, but I didn't have many chances, so it put a lot more pressure on every single game that I played. I found myself in situations where I was so keen to show my qualities, but many times it worked against me and I was punished for being too eager.