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When I was younger I used to get really nervous before games, so much so, you are almost throwing up before games.

— Phil Jones

I swing my arms to loosen myself up. Place my fists on my hips. then drop them to my sides. Saliva's filling my mouth…

— Suzanne Collins

But I get nervous before every game, even friendlies. As soon as I wake up on game days, bang, there's an ache in my…

— Jonathan Woodgate

I never was a sick like throwing up type of guy. I get nervous with the butterflies in the stomach. I was never a…

— Philip Rivers

It's in that moment - when millions of fans are holding their breath as the football hurtles towards me at 80 mph, and all…

— Joe Hart

That shitty gut feeling, when you feel you're being played...

— Anonymous

The best kind of stomach ache: When your friends make you laugh way too hard.

— Anonymous

Just the energy when I was sitting and watching the game, like the seats were shaking, fans were screaming. Just, I feel like I'll…

— Collin Sexton

I have a tough stomach, and I've put myself through a lot. But when I first found out what happens to animals on modern…

— Steve-O

That churning in your stomach on the morning of a game, I've missed it. That adrenalin rush, I can't help getting involved. I can't…

— Paul Lambert

Most of my best games were when I felt crap - I could hardly move on the morning of the World Cup semi-final in…

— Gary Lineker

I mean, in a football game, I'm amped up but the butterflies are gone after the first play. It's a healthy nervousness.

— Jason Taylor