High Pressure Environment Quotes

T20 in international cricket can almost be paid lip-service at times, with one game tagged on to the end of an ODI series or a long tour - sometimes it can feel like there is no point in playing it.

My job, live television, broadcasting, there's mania involved in there, too, but it's the good stuff.

You'd be hard pressed to find more drama in 'Days of Our Lives' than you do in an average job each day.

Some actresses seem to thrive on chaos, and I've often wondered if they felt they had to be that way in order to perform well?

I was burned out. I think I was just exhausted. It was a very intense five years. We didn't stop. It was constant touring, constant writing, recording.

That's the problem with our industry: patience. People want instant NBA stars, and that's not going to happen.

There will be nothing better than playing international rugby. It's a dream come true.

Hollywood can be a very stinging town. They say it's a forgiving business. It's not that forgiving.

Playing at Wembley wasn't easy.

If you're going to win games, you're going to have to come up with the big hits. That's the bottom line.

There's fears in everyone's job. Ours are in the limelight, and people think we're incredibly privileged or nuts to do what we do for a living.

Some of my friends who know me best say they wouldn't trade places with me for $1 million because of the pace I lead.

We need to be creative, on the cutting edge, challenged, and it's really hard going. It's relentless, and we're relentless, and we have a history of breaking engineers, producers. I mean, people come out of working with U2 and just go, 'I just don't know what's happened; it feels like a lifetime has passed by.' And that's just the way we work.

Playing at Kentucky, before 24,000 people, you have to learn how to grow real fast and play under pressure and playing on ESPN with millions of people watching. Right away, you learn how to play under control.

When I found out I was going to be a Dallas Cowboy, I just knew I would have to adapt fast. I knew everything would happen real fast. I didn't really have time to think about it, to be honest.

In America everyone's fast.

All my life, I was always in a hurry! I was always hustling!

I think I did a good job of compartmentalizing my life. It's crazy to say it, but even if football was this dangerous thing, it was a place where I could focus all my energy. I'm sure it's not the healthiest thing to direct stress from football into football, but that's basically what I did.

I was in the fashion shows in Milan; I was seventeen, I was doing like 100 shows. People were asking, 'How does it feel to be the model of the moment?' It was hard for me to answer as myself. I barely spoke English.

Touring is really about being on edge the whole time - you're like a racing horse: you've just got to be on. You've got to pull it together.

You don't manage more than 900 games, mostly in the top half of the Premier League, if you haven't got something that enables you to cope with pressure.

My 20s were totally bonkers. I was living out of a suitcase and burning the candle at both ends. But I tell you - I am totally over it.

Playing week in, week out in the Premier League is massive. You're coming across the best players in the world in probably the best league in the world.

We've rewritten entire scenes and had them animated twelve hours before the show goes on the air. It's not fun.

Under pressure is something I thrive on.