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When you reach that competing point, when you reach that time when the gun is about to go off, everyone's level is pretty much the same. The one thing that's going to separate you from everybody else is how you deal with those pressures, how you stay relaxed.

— Apolo Ohno

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

When I begin shooting, I get nervous, as I am under pressure to do my job well.

— Song Hye-kyo

It would be really easy to get discouraged over gun safety, and I have to explain all the time why I am not giving up and why people should not give up.

— Elizabeth Esty

If I go home from a day of shooting, and I haven't at some point felt the magic, I'm really frustrated.

— Susanne Bier

As it becomes longer at No. 1, I feel more and more pressure. Everybody is trying to grab every piece of me.

— Yani Tseng

Generations of gun owners have taught their sons and daughters that it takes as much patience and skill to be a good shot as it does to be a good steward of a powerful weapon.

— Gabrielle Giffords

It's a fun thing to do: Go to a shooting range with a buddy, knock off a few rounds, release stress.

— Laurie Holden

I've really learned over the years how to control my adrenaline and let it all out when they shoot the gun versus letting the crowd and the lights and the camera get to me.

— Tyson Gay

There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.

— LeBron James

We understand that in an open and democratic and free society, you cannot make yourself impenetrable, especially when there are more guns than there are people in the United States today.

— Eleanor Holmes Norton

✗Opposing Perspectives

I'm quite detached from failure and success. Once a shooting is done, I kind of close that chapter in my life.

— Ranbir Kapoor