Before Quote by Sofia Kenin

I get nervous every match, before the match especially. But I think it's a good sign. That means you want to win.

— Kei Nishikori

If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have the expectations of yourself that you should have.

— Hale Irwin

It's a safe bet most players would get nervous before a match. I do, too, but it's more excitement and more just wanting to…

— Johanna Konta

I don't get nervous before the match. I try to act the same and stay normal right before entrance. I don't want to do…

— Shinsuke Nakamura

There is no point making ourselves nervous before a match.

— Simon Mignolet

Oh, I stay nervous, no matter who I'm wrestling. But I sure feel better when the match starts.

— Dave Schultz

Every match that I have, I always feel like I'm more nervous than the last one.

— Bayley

I think I'm always really nervous before a game. Maybe it helps, maybe it's a good thing.

— Emile Smith Rowe

I've got to admit when I did my first ever Match Of The Day, I didn't realise how nervous I'd be. There's a real…

— Jermaine Jenas

Any match you face, you know, you can be nervous.

— Kevin Anderson

It's okay to feel nervous before a competition because it means you care about doing well.

— Gretchen Bleiler

There is no point in getting nervous. I get a few butterflies in my stomach, but it isn't really nerves but things that will…

— Andrew Robertson