Mirai Nagasu Quotes

I normally feel relief that I didn't die onstage or forget all my lines. Then I start remembering that I have to do it again sometime, and it'll probably not go as well.

It's like a prize fighter. He knows he has a fight coming up, so he gets in the gym and trains. So when I have a show coming up, I practice yodeling.

I think I'm always nervous, even if I play not on the center court.

I don't know why, but I don't really get too nervous before games or practices or whatever.

I used to get so stressed out before the fight, weeks out, because of how much weight I had to cut to get there.

A bit of nervousness is essential as in a way it helps you deliver your best.

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

I don't feel like I ever really do get past the nervousness. I'm always nervous. Something about being nervous keeps you on the edge, and I've always felt like I worked better under pressure.

I had panic attacks during rehearsal. There were times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to do it.

I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much.

If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.

I love getting ready to do a scene, and thinking about it, and talking about it. But the rest of the time, I'm so nervous and obsessed. I'm just tearing my hair out in the trailer. The whole time I'm really tense.

Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.

I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good show.

I think players tend to get anxious if they've not really done things properly - like eating, resting or training. If you're fully prepared you've got nothing to worry about - it's just a game of football.

Training is fabulous because it gives you a basis, a strong structure, so that when you're unbelievably nervous and you think that you can't get a word out, you will get the word out.

Auditioning is so nerve-racking.

I go through insanity before a show. It's not really a process but it's like absolute mortal fear.

If you go to a game nervous, you make a mistake.

The first game is always the most difficult, for the nerves you have before you begin to play.

I've always felt that the more prepared I am, the more confident I would be within the telecast.

Sometimes when you go into the match, you want it so badly. I think sometimes is tricky. It makes you a little bit, like, tense and nervous.

Before normal games I was always relaxed. But at the World Cup for Italy my heartbeat was always going a lot quicker.

Every match that I have, I always feel like I'm more nervous than the last one.

If I hear about a big match coming up, I'll get anxiety about it, and I'll start thinking about it, like, 'What's gonna happen? Is this my shot?'