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Pressure Quotes - Page 23

For an athlete, the biggest pressure comes from within. You know what you want to do and what you're capable of.

"Olympic Games 2012: loneliness of the long-distance Paula Radcliffe". Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. January 16, 2012.

Bureaucrats want bigger bureaus. Special interests are interested in whatever's special to them. These two groups bring great pressure to bear upon politicians who have another agenda yet: to cater to the temporary whims and fads of the public and the press.

P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty”, p.197, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

When you have 400 people watching you making a movie, it doesn't go where you want it to go. It's a lot of pressure.

"Nicolas Cage GHOST RIDER SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE On-Set Interview". Interview with Steve "Frosty" Weintraub, collider.com. January 5, 2012.

The bigger you get, the more pressure you have to deal with.

"Miranda Lambert's Wedding Fitness Secrets". Health.com interview, www.foxnews.com. April 26, 2011.

I do find comedy difficult. I don't know why. Maybe I think about it too much. There's a tremendous amount of pressure to be funny.

"Michelle Pfeiffer: 'I never had a big game plan'". Interview with Geoffrey Macnab, www.theguardian.com. April 21, 2009.