Hale Irwin Quotes

As a competitor, you have to learn pretty quickly how to deal with pressure.

Ups and downs will be happening; coming to the final and losing by a point or so should not matter.

I play in New York, man. Criticism is part of the game. You take criticism as a challenge.

In a sportsperson's life, pressure is always there; you have to learn to deal with it.

If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.

I've been in pressure situations before. All my life it's been about pressure and having to get it done. Just because you say it publicly, it does not make me afraid of it or make me shy away from it.

Sasha gets a raw deal from the press. She makes one mistake in her program and people rip her for not pulling it off when it counts. But she never falls apart. She never just completely folds and misses everything. Usually it's just one mistake.

Name me one golfer that doesn't get frustrated.

I am pushed by my critics. I don't want to say I want to prove them wrong, but it pushes me on the field to play with a chip on my shoulder, and I play best when I have a chip on my shoulder.

There isn't a lot of room for people who are thin skinned in this business.

When you're on court, you just want to win. You're a competitor.

A lot of people out there get hounded about things that are going on in their lives. You just find ways to handle it and go on about your business.

To play with pressure is always a good thing. I like to play with pressure.

If you want to win in a tough place, you're going to have to make tough plays, you're going to have to get stops.

Me, personally, I thrive under pressure.

As a player you always feel the pressure and as a team you are always trying to make sure the opposition are under it.

Tempers flare at times. That's what good teams do: they react to things and go out there and leave it all on the field.

It's been like that my whole life. AAU to high school to college, I've always responded when people get on me.

All my career I have been a pressure fighter. I know no other way to fight.

If there is noise against you, then you try to make it seem it is for you. You just have to try to focus on your own game and try and win the match whatever way you can.

I like a little pressure. That's how football goes.

Under pressure is something I thrive on.

I feel that I can make certain shots, tough shots, and that I can play better when things aren't going well.

Things change when you're fighting the best guys in the world.

Quarterback and cornerback are two of the hardest positions to play on the field, so yeah, you're going to get beat, you're going to throw interceptions, you're going to get sacked, you're going to miss throws. Stuff like that is going to happen. That's something you've been prepping for your whole life playing the position.