Audience Quote by Petra Nemcova

I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared.

— Gary Clark, Jr

I was the kind of kid, I'd sit in the back row of the class with my head practically under the desk. I was…

— Sheryl Lee

I was scared to death to speak in public.

— Doris Burke

I've just always been terrified of having to speak in front of people. When I used to go in school and then I had…

— Dean Potter

I was somewhat of a mute at school, so people were quite scared!

— Eliot Sumner

Most of my life I was particularly terrified of speaking up, because I had a speech impediment, which made it difficult to pronounce certain…

— Amanda Gorman

I was in sixth grade the first time I was required to speak in front of an audience. I had terrible stage fright and…

— Steve Allen

At one point in college I was so shy that I'd drop out of a class if asked to speak in front of other…

— Joe Flanigan

In school I was painfully shy. But as soon as I had to get up in front of the class and give a book…

— Andrew Bird

Everyone else at school was terrified of me, and they were always laughing at me.

— Toyah Willcox

I was just painfully shy. I couldn't talk to anyone. Going up in front of class, I would have to mentally prepare myself to…

— Mikey Madison

I was shy, but I stood up in front of the class and I gave my report.I was reporting on books that I didn't…

— Judy Blume