Mark Cavendish Quotes

Although I don't gamble in life - I've never played poker - I do gamble on stage. I gamble with myself: 'Can I do this?'

When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave.

I've always been the guy that loved being scared or loved having pressure on me, because I always wanted to prove myself wrong and always wanted to prove that I could do it.

People are so ready to cut you down if you take a risk and leave your comfort zone.

A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.

I don't want to completely self-sabotage everything that I've got and alienate everyone. But I definitely want to take some chances as I always have.

I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage.

It may take me a long time before I feel 'ready' to tour as a lead singer. I may never be ready... we'll just have to see.

I still don't think I'm a good actor. The only reason I'm doing it is because I've got a lot of support behind me.

I have always felt that I was the biggest risk factor and the biggest bet for 'Befikre' because everyone else in the team had achieved something and have already proven their worth in their respective fields.

It's only human to have a few doubts whether to play or not.

When I'm playing timid and afraid to make a mistake, then I'm not going to play well.

I don't know if I'm going to be any good at sevens.

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.

I was definitely not the cocky kid. I was probably on the other end of the spectrum - I was quiet. I remember a time when there was a skills competition, and I think I was five, and I was so nervous to even compete that I chose not to do the skating part.

If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.

Performing was terrifying.

I always think the second worst thing in the world is to go on stage at night, and the first worst thing in the world is sitting at home at night. For me, it's scarier to not be doing it than doing it.

There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afraid!' But, the truth is, I want to do things right, and sometimes I am afraid that I'm not good enough or that I'm not going to handle something right.

I actually have to pick and chose stuff that I know I'm going to bomb at.

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me.

It never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was always afraid that I might fail.

As a very small child I found recorded noise and the solitary singer beneath the spotlight so dramatic and so brave... walking the plank... willingly... It was sink or swim. The very notion of standing there, alone, I found beautiful.

The hardest part when I decided to move into acting was trusting I'd made the right decision.