Sports Anxiety Quotes

Addressing a golf ball would seem to be a simple matter; that is, to the uninitiated who cannot appreciate that a golf ball can hold more terrors than a spacious auditorium packed with people.

It was so difficult for the fans to understand my problems with baseball.

On game day, I'm as nervous as a pig in a packing plant.

Putting affects the nerves more than anything. I would actually get nauseated over three-footers.

Golfers are the greatest worriers in the world of sport.

I threw up before every single football game I played, and I did so up through my NFL career. It was good pressure. It was pressure to be good. It was pressure to be the best. It was pressure to want to win.

My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?

Most nervous I've ever been is probably the 2007 Walker Cup. I was a little boy playing with these 8 or 9 other guys that were the best amateurs in the country.

The first event I vividly remember was competing at the Junior Olympics in Seattle, Washington. It was my first major competition outside of Texas, and I remember being very nervous. I could not control my nerves, and I threw a few fouls.

I bit down three nails rooting for the Heat.

Lord, baseball is a worrying thing.

I shot a wild elephant in Africa thirty yards from me, and it didn't hit the ground until it was right at my feet. I wasn't a bit scared. But a four foot putt scares me to death.

My first experience playing for England was very scary and nerve wracking.

Being in the stands is very difficult. I was never playing but I am nervous watching, waiting.

Bill Russell is one of the great names in basketball, an all-American... and the only athlete to ever win an NCAA Championship, an Olympic Gold Medal, and a professional championship all in the same year-1956...But Bill Russell had this one problem: He threw up before every game.

The feeling I had at 14, getting selected for Everton's Under-15 side - that excitement, pride, all the emotions - it never goes away. It still happens when I'm waiting for the England squad announcement. I'll get sweaty palms, I'll sit and scroll through my inbox, refreshing it continuously making sure that the email comes through.

I think watching multi-events is much worse than competing. Especially when you have vested interests because you go through the emotional ups and downs.

In front of 40,000 people, you don't really want to drop a catch or misfield. It's part and parcel of the game.

I was constantly searching for something and you kid yourself that someone out there has got that secret to batting that they can give you one piece of advice that will enable you to go and score a hundred every time. It is silly. By trying to learn I confused myself.

What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence.

Stepping into the gym or going out to do sports is a scary thing for a trans person - you feel like everyone is looking at you.

You would think doing comedy would be nerve wracking, but punting and kicking footballs gets me more nervous.

The only time I got the absolute most insanely nervous in my life was at the Olympic trials, because archery is a horrible spectator sport. Nobody goes and watches an archery tournament. Because the targets are three-quarters of a football field away. Who can tell who's winning? You can't even see your own target from where you are.

I was just 17 when I made my debut for Lancashire against Hampshire at Portsmouth. I got seven and a duck. I didn't get a wicket, either. Funnily enough, it was more nerve-wracking than playing for England.

The more cricket you play in your head, the less you perform on the field. So let cricket, the sport, be on the field.