Chance Quote by Anonymous

I've always put pressure on myself to perform well.

— Clint Dempsey

Stand-up is the only career like that where once you get really big at it, people kind of encourage you not to do it.

— Chris Rock

I witnessed first-hand the self-defeating results of putting yourself under so much pressure to perform.

— Ananya Birla

A lot of times, in the beginning of my career, I put pressure on myself just because I wanted to perform so well. I…

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr

In order to be good at stand-up, you have to do it all the time. You have to care about it more than anything…

— Eva Victor

It's always good to be under pressure. That's when you perform the best. At least, I do. It's in my nature.

— Mohammad Azharuddin

I'm used to being under pressure... luckily I perform well under pressure.

— Paige VanZant

I just feel like I've been in a lot of high-pressure situations, and I think I'm able to stay poised in those situations.

— Jalen Brunson

Whenever I've felt that there was a lot of pressure on me. I perform at my best.

— Gegard Mousasi

Because such a massive part of stand-up is trying and failing first, I'm not putting as much pressure on. Just going out and doing…

— James Acaster

The thing is, I always thought I could do stand-up, and so I just stayed focused on the belief that I could succeed.

— Bo Burnham

I don't know what the secret to doing standup well is, but I do know the goal is to be yourself as much as…

— Jermaine Fowler