Top 1200 Peer Pressure Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

As a midfielder, you are always going to have that pressure in there to move the ball quickly.

The only pressure I really feel is that which I put on myself.

If you haven't learned to ride a bike by the time your peer group has, then suddenly it's an embarrassment and you'll avoid opportunities where you're expected to ride a bike. And then it starts shaping your behaviour. Reading is much subtler, but much more destructive if you have not - for whatever reason - learned to read by the time you should.

I can't please everyone. I am trying not to let the pressure consume me.

It's always an enormous pressure when you do a sequel. The demands are so high, and it's expensive.

The pressure I give myself from within is what drives me.

I prefer to play with pressure rather than being relaxed.

I read not so long ago about the construction of a large telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert, where rainfall can average a millimetre a year and the air is fifty times as dry as the air in Death Valley. Needless to say, skies over the Atacama are pristine. The pilgrim astronomer ventures to the earth's ravaged reaches in order to peer more keenly at other worlds, and I suppose the novelist is up to something similar.

To me, character in a person is judged by the decisions that are made under pressure.

If the club decides to sack me, honestly, I don't feel this pressure.

Evil is the interruption of a truth by the pressure of particular or individual interests.

I was watching Batman, the TV show, on TV Land, on the cable. And Robin said to Batman, Golly, Batman! Why is the Joker so evil!? And Batman said, Careful, Robin. The criminal mind sees the world through a prism the solid citizen dare not peer through. Batman has a more nuanced worldview than the president.

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

We always think we can get to the quarterback, put pressure on him.

Never permit the pressure to exceed the pleasure of the moment, ever.

I don't think there's anybody that puts more pressure on himself than I do.

If you don't abdicate or misuse your power, pressure takes you into realization.

Being the leader of a division is a pressure, but it's one that I feel I am ready for.

Having the Eubank name in England brings lots of pressure.

I have handled pressure and expectation all through my life. I am not scared of it.

It depends a lot on the character of the players, how you respond under pressure.

I'll never say it's good enough. It's a pressure I put on myself.

Sometimes when you meet stars, on one hand you're like, "You're who I'm inspired by, you're who I look up to." On the other hand you're like, "I wanna be in the same kind of shoes that you're in." That's how I've always seen myself. Some of me is star-struck, some of me feels like I'm looking at a peer. They're another person who sees the world the same way I do, who already did it. It's inspiring.

We have to learn how to manage self-inflicted pressure.

He felt like a man who, after straining his eyes to peer into the remote distance, finds what he was seeking at his very feet. All his life he had been looking over the heads of those around him, while he had only to look before him without straining his eyes. p 1320

On set, there's a lot of pressure. But it sort of heightens the moments.

We must be sure to be governed by inner principle and not outer pressure.

I don't feel the same pressure to be perfect up there that I did in the beginning.

I put more pressure on myself than anybody in this world.

As a kid growing up, I put a lot of pressure on myself.

Anyone who says there isn't pressure to look good as an actor in L.A. is lying.

Pressure comes when someone calls on you to perform a task for which you are unprepared.

I'm not a stranger to high-pressure situations. I've been there, believe me.

Everyone here contributes to win the games, so there is no pressure on any one player.

When you're with someone, you want everything to be great. And that's the pressure that you put on, and what you just can't do.

I definitely felt the pressure I wanted to live up to all of the expectations.

The safety-valves of the heart, when too much pressure is laid on.

The only pressure you put on yourself is the one you want to. No one else can pressurise you.

I believe I have demonstrated the ability to coach and work well under pressure.

Nobody believes me, but to be honest the pressure is not something that I feel.

We are the ones who have high blood pressure, ulcers, and heart attacks, not cats.

There's kind of this real social pressure to not argue about things.

Sometimes the most important word is no. It takes the pressure off.

You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure.

Being a pastor is pressure because we have to counsel people.

There's never any pressure on the music having to be something.

Nobody works better under pressure. They just work faster.

I was always taught that pressure comes when you aren't prepared or didn't work hard enough.

Sometimes pressure can be good, and it gives you a lot of energy to do something.

When you are number one, the pressure is on you. It's not only physical but mental. You become tired.

I like added pressure. It makes me work harder.

I'm putting constant pressure on my opponents and really dictating play.

Pressure is a positive thing and it makes no difference on your performance if it is not there.

I don't feel the pressure by outsiders. I'm not someone who's easily influenced by the public.

You are under some sort of pressure to win any match. It is natural.

Pressure is what you make of it. It makes me play harder.

We are professional footballers. How to cope with the pressure is one of the things we have to learn.

I am getting more mature and can handle the pressure better.

There's a lot of pressure on kids, period, just to be successful in life.

The constant pressure to bring about conformity is a dangerous thing.