Pressure to Win Quotes

Although I have won many times now, each time when I have a lead, I start to think about winning. It's very difficult not to think about winning. Every time, there are new challenges. Every time, there are new issues to overcome.

I don't want to play anymore. I'm tired of football but also tired of people who work in football.

It's no secret that the expectations are very high here at Bayern. We are under pressure all the time. But we've often proved we can deal with it.

I suffer during games. We follow the action, kicking every ball, wondering if our centre-backs can stop the cross... In some ways, you enjoy it, but your heart is always thumping.

The Olympics were the most pressure I've ever felt.

At all big clubs, there is pressure. They all want to win and expect to win.

There is a lot of pressure on organizations and on players to win it all. If you don't, there is a lot of disappointment and a lot of fallout because of it.

There is always a lot of pressure at Chelsea, but we are used to this and have to make sure we keep winning games.

If I'm on my way to play a round of golf there is an anxiety in me, a feeling of 'I can't lose today.'

Pressure is playing for ten dollars when you don't have a dime in your pocket.

Brazil go into every World Cup expecting to win - so when it is in Brazil, it is expected even more. You can't understand what the World Cup means to our country. Not just the fans and players, but everybody in Brazil lets us know that they expect it. Our president, people in politics, all tell us to come back with the World Cup.

You get to the ninth inning and your stomach is clear up to here. But it's not because of your job. It is because you want to win so badly.

You are anxious before every game because you had to win it. If you didn't you went down the ladder. I felt proud of the way we beat some teams in tough games.

It's sad that we have to be measured by how many championships we win.

I had a lot of pressure in my career: when you play at World Cup or Champions League final, there is pressure on your shoulders.

The pressure at Real Madrid is independent of the outcome of other teams and is always the highest.

As German players we have something special inside us, because of our football history. We know we have to win, it is what is expected, so we have a good focus.

The pressure began to mount as I kept winning every time and people were anxious to see if I could be beaten.

Real are the type of club where you are expected to win every game. For a player who wants to be the best it is stimulating to feel the pressure to defend their interests.

When you're 0-2 in the Super Bowl, they say unkind things about you. They say, 'He can't win the big one.' And that's the worst thing that can be said about you.

I think, to a certain extent, there is a pressure, although I don't think I've felt the pressure at Lyon more than I've felt at any other club I've played at.

Growing up, I was often put under a lot of pressure. Being an athlete, I've been dealing with pressure for a long time.

The reality, ... is that I need to win games of football. That's where the pressure and the sleepless nights come from. There's a fantasy pressure with this job but none of that matters. I need to make this team into a good unit, need to take it forward, give it a change of pace, need to get it younger and to use the experience of the lads we've got here. I need Lennon and Sutton and people like that to go and show how you handle being a Celtic player.

It's harder when you're supposed to win. When you're talking about the best players and the best teams in the world, when you talk about the Heat, you can ask them - it's not easy.

Don't misunderstand,' he said, 'there's pressure with every football game… Sometimes players, coaches, teams put pressure on themselves when they don't have to.