Anxious Athlete Gifts

"My life is a powerful blast tocenter field easily snagged on the warning track."

"Strike three, strike three! Please, God, strike three!"

Fear of news.

"I just learned that my golden parachute was not properly packed."

'It's your babysitter, where do you keep your fire extinguisher?'

"And, of course, if I were to get the job and start feeling comfortable here I'd no longer need the security blanket."

'Your performance review is next Tuesday. You're allowed to bring a guitar and up to three backup singers.'

'No, you haven't missed much. Pretty well everyone called in sick.'

Before her first dressage competition, Kate suffered from Pre-Traumatic Stress.

'I'm sorry, but I haven't understood a word you've babbled since I turned left on red.'

"Oh no, I never replied to Theresa's email! And tomorrow I must call Steve.... What does Yara think of me?"

'Please give me the strength to ask for a raise without my voice breaking into an annoying falsetto and my brow all sweaty.'

Tree growing

The only way I can get through a nudist convention.

"I'm against pain killers for players, but I'm for them for supporters."

Welcome Sufferers of Stage Fright

"I've been getting the most intense workouts since I taped a picture of my ex on the heavy bag!"

"They're from accounting, sir, they're not very verbal."

Agoraphobic Explorer

"Is it okay that I said yes to that costume party?"

The Job Interview

'You're in extreme danger because you eat too much. . .'

"I'd like to extend a special welcome to those of you who are joining us for the first time, as part of a nightmare you're having."

'Play among yourselves while I deal with my stage fright.'

"Feel free to imagine you might have any of the conditions you read about in the magazines."

"If you don't wish to hear the match result look away now."

'She will not call on me, she will not call on me, she. . .'

"Just get out there and be yourself – or better yet, someone like me."

Idlewild.

"Did we switch everything off before we left?"

"Call me a dreamer, but I see a world in which I give speeches without pants and find myself in the final exam of courses I never signed up for."

Person is hiding behind book entitled 'Coping with shyness'.

You've been in there for quite a while, little buddy. Everything all right? Go away, Randy! Randy's rule #896: A confident person doesn't get tinkle-shy just because there's a long line waiting for him or her to finish. Still here. Go away!!!

'What if I want to stop? Where's the pause button?'

"Anyway, all you'll need to worry about soon is which direction the wind is blowing."