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title: "12 Play Pressure Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Play Pressure quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Play Pressure sayings and thoughts."
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> [I do my best every time I play to put pressure on the manager and try to play more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcos-alonso/i-do-my-best-every-time-i-play-to-put-pressure-on-the-manager-and-try/)

[Marcos Alonso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcos-alonso/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c67/marcos-alonso-9092_best_i-do-my-best-every-time-i-play-to-put-pr_1488440.jpg)

> [If you can't play under pressure, you shouldn't be at a World Cup.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romelu-lukaku/if-you-can-t-play-under-pressure-you-shouldn-t-be-at-a-world-cup/)

[Romelu Lukaku](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romelu-lukaku/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ec/romelu-lukaku-6288_cup_if-you-can-t-play-under-pressure-you-sho_935328.jpg)

> [I'd rather play with pressure than without.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virgil-van-dijk/i-d-rather-play-with-pressure-than-without/)

[Virgil van Dijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virgil-van-dijk/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ed/virgil-van-dijk-6531_play_i-d-rather-play-with-pressure-than-witho_2891853.jpg)

> [You need confidence to play under pressure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/unai-emery/you-need-confidence-to-play-under-pressure/)

[Unai Emery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/unai-emery/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24f/unai-emery-11693_confidence_you-need-confidence-to-play-under-pressu_2799309.jpg)

> [I prefer to play with pressure rather than being relaxed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-verratti/i-prefer-to-play-with-pressure-rather-than-being-relaxed/)

[Marco Verratti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-verratti/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/marco-verratti-6586_being_i-prefer-to-play-with-pressure-rather-th_2513661.jpg)

> [To play with pressure is always a good thing. I like to play with pressure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virgil-van-dijk/to-play-with-pressure-is-always-a-good-thing-i-like-to-play-with/)

[Virgil van Dijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virgil-van-dijk/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6c/virgil-van-dijk-6531_always_to-play-with-pressure-is-always-a-good-t_1156995.jpg)

> [And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imran-khan/and-when-the-pressure-was-on-us-the-team-handled-it-very-well-one-has/)

[Imran Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imran-khan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e78/imran-khan-8464_football_and-when-the-pressure-was-on-us-the-team_866731.png)

> [It's nice to play under pressure and know you can't fail. It's a nice responsibility to have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deco/it-s-nice-to-play-under-pressure-and-know-you-can-t-fail-it-s-a-nice/)

[Deco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deco/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/052/deco-5100_nice_it-s-nice-to-play-under-pressure-and-kno_252791.jpg)

> [I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/i-think-when-you-compete-every-week-when-you-play-under-pressure/)

[Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5a/rafael-nadal-1804_compete_i-think-when-you-compete-every-week-when_103434.png)

> [You want to play in the big games, you want to play for a big club and to play with pressure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mignolet/you-want-to-play-in-the-big-games-you-want-to-play-for-a-big-club-and/)

[Simon Mignolet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mignolet/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/simon-mignolet-5460_big_you-want-to-play-in-the-big-games-you-wa_691376.png)

> [I've played regularly in a big club at Benfica, where it is not easy and there is a lot of pressure. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nemanja-matic/i-ve-played-regularly-in-a-big-club-at-benfica-where-it-is-not-easy/)

[Nemanja Matic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nemanja-matic/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/nemanja-matic-16660_big_i-ve-played-regularly-in-a-big-club-at-b_11197.jpg)

> [Playing at Kentucky, before 24,000 people, you have to learn how to grow real fast and play under pressure and playing on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-knox/playing-at-kentucky-before-24-000-people-you-have-to-learn-how-to/)

[Kevin Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-knox/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/kevin-knox-6027_control_playing-at-kentucky-before-24-000-people_2007206.jpg)

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