Quotes about Pressure

When I was a kid, everybody in the neighborhood picked me to be the one in jail or be in the cemetery by the time I was 20.

Most everyone I know feels frazzled and overwhelmed most of the time.

That was just the mindset of the times: that happiness was somehow less important than keeping up appearances.

When you play quarterback and the offense doesn't play well, a lot of that is because of the quarterback. You're going to receive the criticism.

As a quarterback your job is to drop back and give it to the open receiver, let them run. Obviously, there are times when you get some pressure and you have to make decisions, step up in the pocket and buy time for your receivers and deliver the ball.

I just think that it's strong and it's important that we recognize what the Christmas season is about; it's about the birth of our Savior, and there's a lot of pressure today to be politically correct, but people are realizing, too, that you have to be open to express your faith what you want believe.

'Nothing's Real' is about my first-ever panic attack, which I had about four months after getting my record deal.

How would you like a job where when you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?

I've dealt with expectations my whole life and have been blessed to be able to play at a high level, whether it's football or baseball.

I don't mean any disrespect, but being world champion hasn't made me happy.

The thing about Champions League football is it can turn on an instant. You can have a very good, solid team over the course of the season, but the Champions League is more like the World Cup, where your fate can be decided in a second and you need a bit of luck too.

When you're in a leadership role, you can never please all of the people all of the time. There's also a lot of responsibility that goes along with it that others may not realize.