All pressure is self-inflicted. It's what you make of it…

I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for…

— Harlan Coben

Pressure is self-inflicted.

— Tom Herman

You're the only one that can put pressure on yourself... No one else can put pressure on you. It's self-inflicted. For me, I just…

— Maurice Jones-Drew

It never ceases to amaze me how many of baseball's wounds are self-inflicted.

— Bill Veeck

Troubles hurt the most when they prove self-inflicted.

— Sophocles

“What I wanted was to bang by forehead against the steering wheel till it bled. Maybe the self-inflicted pain would help me clear my…

— Sue Grafton

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

— Tom Herman

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

— Andrew Carnegie

“The human will be the only mammal in history to fully understand that its own self inflicted extinction is well underway.”

— Steven Magee

Golf is like life in a lot of ways - All the biggest wounds are self-inflicted.

— Anonymous

“If anything occurs that causes your price to go down, it’s a self-inflicted wound.”

— Lawrence L. Steinmetz

“Emily knew she was going to cry. She tried to avert it with a childhood trick that had sometimes worked before - pressing both…

— Richard Yates

SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense

— Eric Butterworth

The pressure is self-imposed because I always want to do excellent work, and I always want to be interesting to people watching me.

— Kristoffer Polaha

Pressure is self-doubt when you're unprepared.

— Tom Herman