Pressure Quotes

We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts.

With the 24-second shot clock, there will be a lot of pressure on (players), and with that pressure you have to have a bigger rotation and a better bench.

Danica's been put under a lot of pressure ... probably more than I ever was. No one ever expected me to win with the equipment I was given.

There is tremendous pressure on India and Pakistan from the international community to resolve the dispute, ... I can tell you with authority that the Kashmir issue is heading towards a resolution.

We changed (defenses) and when we get out of pressure we look terrible, but I thought we did a good job against a pretty good team in terms of scrambling. I was very disappointed in our intensity in the first half. I thought we played a real poor first half.

At times it's good to take the pressure off of preparing for a race at the end of the week. With a week off from racing, we'll be focusing on the workouts.

This prize carries the message that Europe intends to put further pressure on human rights issues in Iran as a political move to achieve its particular objectives.

. . . if I had been a man, self-respect, family pressure and the public opinion of my class would have pushed me into a money-making profession; as a mere woman I could carve out a career of disinterested research.

We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure.

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.

We're certainly under pressure again. England have played consistent cricket for two days in this match and have certainly played more consistent cricket than us in the series. That sees us in another challenging position that we'll have to sit down and think about it.

I'm putting a little too much pressure on myself, rather than relax. I've been on base a few times, hit some balls hard at people. I think I'm kind of selling myself short a little bit. We still have three weeks left. I'm not worried about it. But I'm not satisfied.

I have no nerves , no emotion , no pressure.

I'm not worried about the pressure that comes with it, a little concerned, but not worried.

I'm an emotional player. I like playing under pressure and the crowd backing us up. I like to get kills in the clutch.

He kind of takes the pressure off us. He's our emotional leader. He brings toughness and leadership.

Helping to increase lung capacity, possibly lowering one's blood pressure, heart rate.

That puts intense pressure on the victim to withdraw from the case. For a lot of victims, this is not worth it.

My fear is that there's pressure in the United States that is forcing us to re-evaluate our position rather than what's happening on the ground in Iraq.

He's put us under pressure right through the series. He's a tall guy that made all our batters play.

The U.S. dollar is under pressure today, which is dominating price action throughout the North American session.

Social support, peer pressure, family support -- all of that can be helpful, certainly in getting people to maintain exercise.

Perhaps nerves or the pressure could get to them and we could nick something.

It's taken a lot of pressure off me. Instead of other teams looking for me to score, they have to deal with everyone else.

The object of putting a lot of pressure on the ball is to hopefully wear a lot of teams down.