Quotes about Pressure

We gain the ability to rejoice under pressure through a carefully monitored training program directed by the Lord Himself.

Make no mistake about it: Law school is not a bastion of intellectual discourse.

When I played for Arsenal, like once per month, you always had this feeling you had to perform.

Scripture makes it clear that these responses are not forced upon us by the pressures of the situation. What I do comes from inside me. The things that happen to me will influence my responses but never determine them. Rather, these responses flow out of the thoughts and motives of my heart.

Our strengths and gifts are not worth much if we allow them to lie dormant... If we do not hone our gifts and live on the ready instead of in a default mode of looking to others, in a crisis or under pressure we are at a loss to use our voices, make decisions, stand our ground, or take the initiative that our circumstances demand.

Within the first few months I discovered that being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or be swallowed.

I'm just like the rest of the guys. I'm a little different in a lot of ways, but I'm still a player with a number on his back and if I'm unable to produce, they'll find somebody else to fill my spot.

Instincts under pressure crush the carbon of conformity and create diamonds. Each new season of life offers to train us for the next season if we pay attention and adapt.

Instincts under pressure crush the carbon of conformity and create diamonds.

You can't take credit for what you do when your back is against the wall.

You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure.

You can't put as much into one thing as you want, and I felt like I was shortchanging football a little bit by giving school so much time.