#nervous

With silly stuff, it's seventy-five percent confidence. I always tell people that it's because I'm nervous about getting that next laugh and I need to hear it. I always want to condense a joke. ↗

— Tim Vine

#always #because #condense #confidence #getting

The nervous system and the automatic machine are fundamentally alike in that they are devices, which make decisions on the basis of decisions they made in the past. ↗

— Norbert Wiener

#automatic #basis #decisions #devices #fundamentally

Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can. ↗

— Serena Williams

#champions #day #decided #get #helped

I don't want to compete. I want to skate for the joy. I get so nervous in competition. I get always sick. I had pressures enough in my life from skating. ↗

— Katarina Witt

#compete #competition #enough #get #had

Now, there are a very large number of bodily movements, having their source in our nervous system, that do not possess the character of conscious actions. ↗

— Wilhelm Wundt

#bodily #character #conscious #having #large

Only when you're nervous do you get nasty. ↗

— Deborah Grey

#nasty #nervous #only #you

I'm taking one thing at a time. With the children and launching my solo career it would drive me to a nervous breakdown if I tried to organise a wedding on top of that. ↗

— Natasha Hamilton

#career #children #drive #i #i tried

As I get older, I'm slowing down and, yes, calming down in my desire to be taken seriously. That I can be entertaining and funny and high nervous energy can work against me as a serious composer, slowly but surely you'll see me be quieter just so that people will listen. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#calming #composer #desire #down #energy

The more prepared I am, the more I'll be in control, less nervous, less stressed and more focused. ↗

— Marilu Henner

#control #focused #i #i am #less

I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#directing #get #i #like #nervous