Quotes about "Sports & Competition"

I still get really nervous, though, before each performance. It kind of hits about 15 minutes before we go onstage - sometimes I don't even want to go on. But once I'm onstage I'm fine. ”

I had a very outdoorsy childhood. I was athletic and used to ride and do dressage. I could ride almost before I could walk. There is a picture of me at 18 months old sitting happily on the back of a donkey. ”

I went to national piano competitions and did that whole circuit. Then I played professionally to support myself when I moved out to LA. ”

You've got to chop back the performance like a rose bush. That's when it's beautiful. ”

I'm like a prize fighter. When I'm not on stage, every action that I take has to be focused on my next performance. ”

It's not what you see on-screen that makes a performance. It's the things you should never know about - it's the secrets. ”

So what this is is us, our personalities refined down on to a stage performance. In other words, the way we play is the end product of the way we live - we live in the cities, you see. ”

I need to be bad. I don't want to burn out. I also don't want to be a person who is always performance-oriented. I also want to have some fun. ”

You become like a vampire when you're pregnant: your senses are so sensitive, and your emotions are so heightened - that helps with performance because you really feel things. ”

As a young girl, football is where I met the people who, to this day, are my best friends. It is also where I began to learn about the important relationship between hard work, teamwork, and fun. ”