Being a comedian, you're under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform - to deal with pressure without stress.
I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.
Excalibur' was a quest for my father. I remember it was manic on the film set. And we had these massive castle sets. I think my dad was under tremendous pressure making the movie because there was so much going on. I remember it was a hard one to make - a lot of stress and strain.
I want to continue acting as long as I can because being on the sets is a big stress buster for me. I can't possibly think of stopping my visits to the sets because I'm old.
It seems that we have it backward in our society. We tend to look up to people who are under a great deal of stress, who can handle loads of stress, and those who are under a great deal of pressure.
Focus on performance. Outcome is going to happen. No stress about that. Focus on performance.
There's a difference between stress and pressure.
Pressure and stress is the common cold of the psyche.
When you have to worry about some idiot making the decision on a roster move, or hiring coaches, or some of the stuff you have to worry about... when you have that added pressure and stress of not trusting the organization and knowing that they don't know what they're doing, that's just an added amount of stress you don't need as a young player.
That's kind of been my entire career, the stress and pressure.
The thing is, you don't ever want to have pressure turn to stress.
Lower your cortisol level. The happiest people have the lowest level of cortisol, a stress hormone that raises blood pressure and weakens the immune system. Cut the stress-more yoga, less road rage-and you'll cut your cortisol production.
There's such a thing as good stress and bad stress. Bad stress is when somebody else stresses you out, and good stress is when you stress yourself out over something you want to accomplish, which makes you want to perfect it.
Retirement means no pressure, no stress, no heartache... unless you play golf.
I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good.
I was a black kid in an all-white school, so I had to deal with some of that stress and pressure.