People under pressure don’t work better; they just work faster.

They all have excellent resumes... So what I’m trying to find out is how they will behave under pressure.

The only way to outperform if you’re doing undifferentiated work is to work harder than everyone else.

The better work men do is always done under stress and at great personal cost.

All successful people push others to move faster. That is the main common trait of successful people.

They all have excellent resumes... So what I’m trying to find out is how they will behave under pressure. Will they lie, or bluff, or panic, or wilt? Or will they continue to function with some modicum of competence and integrity?

The most productive people work at a pace somewhere between the monk and the stock trader — fast enough to get everything done, and slowly enough so they can identify what’s important and then work deliberately and with intention.

there’s no award for who works the hardest, only for who gets the best results.

Pressure is how you know everything’s working,

I think our preparation has been good, we’ve worked extremely hard individually and as a team, and when it’s come to games the guys have stepped up and performed under pressure. That’s exactly what we need if we are to be very successful at this tournament. Under pressure the bowlers performed very well at the death, but now it’s about doing it when it counts. The best thing is we’ve got these experiences to call on when the tournament starts and we’re actually under real pressure when it really matters. Fingers crossed the guys can take all that confidence forward into the group games.

He who can handle the quickest rate of change survives

the thing that distinguishes one performer from another is how hard he or she works. That’s it. And what’s more, the people at the very top don’t work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.

Working under tension is quite frustrating, to be honest, but it keeps me on my toes and my team active. Truthfully, sometimes tension brings out creative ideas and solutions to different problems and it is a constant part of the job so I’m getting used to it.

The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else.