Great performers welcome pressure.
To be a top performer you have to be passionately committed to what you're doing and insanely confident about your ability to pull it off.
Confidence is a resolute state of mind by which you believe nothing is impossible.
All the great performers I have worked with are fueled by a personal dream.
Great performers are, by definition, abnormal; they strive throughout their entire careers to separate themselves from the pack.
Unlikely accomplishments are borne out of single-minded purposefulness. Future superstars don't get there by keeping part of their heart in reserve.