Jeff Hardy Quotes

For an elite athlete the fans are everything.

I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.

I never set out to do this; I never set out to say, 'Can I break this record?' Then all of a sudden, the preparations made for the celebration put pressure on me. I said, 'Okay, I have to get there.' After 2,130, there was sort of a realization it was a foregone conclusion you're going to play tomorrow.

If I didn't do well at Wimbledon maybe Chinese people will forget about me.

You know, if it weren't for these fans, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did.

I just get the impression that everyone is willing me to succeed.

People keep comparing me to Virat Kohli.

When you are in the second position and you want to be champions, you are always under pressure.

I think, as a composer, pressure should be something that makes you better.

You have to have those times when your hunger and drive is in a different place because you're under pressure to have success.

It's normal that there's pressure at Real Madrid.

When they take you with the eighth pick, I don't want to say pressure, but you've got a lot of people counting on you.

That's what happens when you play in L.A. Everybody expects you to do well.

The greater the pressure and expectation, the more I relish the opportunity.

The pressure is always there to do my best. I feel happy that I have an audience that looks forward to my next project. I have to make sure that I deliver.

When the band were really big and we had massive hits, I was always stressed-out and insecure. I thought I wanted the band to be really popular, but when that happened, there was so much pressure to keep it going.

With one film after another becoming a hit, nervousness only grows.

When family and friends go to Everton, they tell me that there's a moment when I get the ball, and fans get to their feet in anticipation. There's so much at stake that people live under permanent pressure.

Show people how to have success and then you can push their expectations up.

In fact, people think you have to be stressed to be successful. They think if you are not stressed, something is wrong with you.

Obviously, David [Shore] probably has pressure because House was such an amazing show. But I try not to go into these jobs, thinking that I have to live up to people's expectations.

I think there's a danger that some people look at the success of my first movie as a fluke. So I want to make sure that my second film is an even bigger success. Then if I direct my third movie and it's terrible, it'll be okay.

People Expect Something New From Me All The Time.And That's Good It Keeps Me On The Edge

It is the penalty of fame that a man must ever keep rising. "Get a reputation, and then go to bed," is the absurdest of all maxims. "Keep up a reputation or go to bed, "would be nearer the truth.

I think that is when guys are at their best: when you put pressure and have something to work towards and have something to compare yourself to or try to best them, it really does make you better.