I didn't get nervous when I ran, but I get nervous watching other people now. I root for anybody with a USA on their chest. Gail Devers
I don't know, I think, in times where I'm really nervous, and I'm really under the pressure the worst possible outcome is for me to start thinking about it. I just do. Shaun White
Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you're a human being, you feel, you suffer. You're gay, you're sick, you're nervous or whatever. Marilyn Monroe
Do not sit next to my mother when she is watching one of her children compete because you will have fingernails down your back. She is a nervous wreck. Diana Lopez
For all of my life I'd been extremely healthy. I'd never had any health issues, so to go from being perfectly healthy to having this very rare disease was scary. In a lot of people it is very severe. Some people go blind, you can have neuro-lesions which affect your brain, so I was very nervous. Sanya Richards Ross
For the parents of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown into innings. Earl Wilson
I am always nervous before the start of a race. It helps me to say to myself to try my very best. That is my commitment. No matter how bad it gets, I will try my hardest. Dean Karnazes
I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy. Bruce Jenner
I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games. Shaquille ONeal
I know when things are going to get me a little nervous, because nervous to me feels good. Misty May Treanor
I love tennis more than designing because it's actually easier and I don't get nearly as nervous. Serena Williams
I really liked drama and being in plays, so when I was playing a character onstage and I could act like somebody else, then I wasn't scared or nervous, but I didn't like meeting new people when I had to be myself. That was scary. Meg Cabot
I tell you, it was kind of two-fold. I fortunately had a lot of support. My coach was amazing - he told me to focus on being prepared and that is what I did. Every athlete is nervous - any athlete who tells you they're not nervous isn't telling you the truth. I was as prepared as I could be. Carl Lewis
I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches. George Foreman