#pressure

When you see people who are really good at game shows, the one common attribute is a cool head under pressure: an ability to perform as well in the studio, surrounded by lights and noise, as you do on your couch. ↗

— Ken Jennings

#attribute #common #cool #couch #game

There's no pressure for me to go out there and say, I've got to have a top 40 hit because it's not going to happen. ↗

— Elton John

#go #going #got #happen #hit

There was an enormous amount of pressure when my first album took off, and I struggled with the speed of everything and the exhaustion from the constant touring. ↗

— Norah Jones

#amount #constant #enormous #everything #exhaustion

I love just lying on the floor at home watching games with my dad. No pressures, just being me. ↗

— David Keith

#dad #floor #games #home #i

It is fatal for any body of workers to have forever hanging from the fringes of its skirts other bodies on a level just below its own; for that means continual pressure downward, additional difficulty to be overcome in the struggle to maintain reasonable rates of wages. ↗

— Florence Kelley

#any #below #bodies #body #continual

My parents never pressured me to skate. They always said I could quit if I wanted to. They only expected me to skate when they had already paid for the expensive lessons. But, otherwise they said I could do what I wanted to do. ↗

— Nancy Kerrigan

#always #could #expected #expensive #had

Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure is doubled. ↗

— Imran Khan

#cricket #doubled #game #match #pressure

And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure. ↗

— Imran Khan

#learn #play #pressure #team #under

The team which handles the pressure best, carries the day. ↗

— Imran Khan

#carries #day #handles #pressure #team

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