A Quote by Kenny Smith
The expectation levels aren't as high because a team is expected to win on its home court. That takes a little of the pressure off us on the road.
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Home court changes everything. If you have home court, you're expected to win.
I actually like boxing away from home. It takes the pressure off you a little bit.
There's pressure every night to be the best on the court. I put a lot of pressure on myself. Pressure is part of the game. It is also part of life. I want to prove I can do the work and be a success off the court as well as on it.
The only pressure I feel is how I can contribute to help my team win the match. Of course, there is always the pressure to score, but then doesn't it eventually help your team win? Frankly, I don't let these things affect me.
When I think back to the 2006 World Cup on home soil, we came close but nobody really expected us to get very far. We simply lost to a better team and Italy went on to win it.
I don't feel any more pressure or expectation because I'm captain. I want to win.
A return to the NCAA is the expectation... I think that's a good pressure. I'd rather that pressure to the other way. ... I like a little pressure on me.
I feel more at home knowing I'm not really at home. It takes all the pressure off you trying to fit in!
I expected to play well, I expected to lead my team, and I expected to win.
When I got on court I felt really confident, really good but I also felt like there was no pressure. No-one expected to me to win so I tried to see it as there's only an upside.
I don't like being away from home. That's one reason why I don't work as much as I used to [when I started my career], because so many things are on the road. I just don't want to be away from my husband, my dogs and my home. I don't sing that much any more because that also takes you on the road.
Our job is to get on the road and win one game now. It's a great position to be in. We were lucky to get home ice [advantage] this year. For some reason, we pulled it off at the end and we took advantage early in the series. Now, it's up to us to do our thing on the road.
It takes the pressure off of your better players to know they don't always have to be on top of their game for the team to do well.
Getting the first win is very important. I think that takes a lot of pressure off going forward.
It's always better for the players being injured to come back to a winning team; it takes pressure off their shoulders.
I think anything that's creative really takes my mind off whatever it is that I'm going through in my life. If you're going through heartbreak, and you can write a song, it's a wonderful win-win, because it takes your mind off the heartbreak, and you get to vent.
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