I don't think about it too much and jinx myself. It would be nice to look back when I'm 65 and fat, telling my kid and my next-door neighbor, while I'm washing my car, how cool I was back in the day.
Quotes about jinx (15 Quotes)
The first sweep of the year is awful nice. Hopefully, this will get rid of the Sunday jinx that we had early in the year. I'm just really proud of the club and the way they played.
Waynesburg is a solid team. I don't want to jinx it, but it seems we always play well against them.
I don't want to jinx us but these last two games have definitely helped out our confidence. We have our swagger back.
I've seen it too many times in Hollywood. Talking about a relationship in public can jinx it. And if you have your picture taken together, you might as well start packing your bags.
It's just discipline and some of the things we talked about at the beginning of the year. But I really wish you wouldn't have brought it up because we don't like to talk about it too much. You know, I don't want to jinx us.
Not to jinx myself, but I felt better today than I did in any start last year. I felt really good. My mechanics feel so much better. I don't care what start you take last year, I felt better today. I felt like I was throwing harder, too.
The subject never came up, ... Maybe I thought talking about it would jinx the campaign. We were so busy. We had just moved into a wonderful house. Moving to the mansion didn't occur to us.
We did not deal with that success very well in 2001 when LSU upset Tennessee for the SEC title, and it affected us in 2002 when the Tigers went 8-5, ... Why do the mighty fall Complacency. But there's also an element of a sophomore jinx. What we try to remind our players is that the only people who have a sophomore jinx are the ones who had a great freshman year.
Anton had a little sophomore jinx after having such a good rookie year. This year we'll see a different Anton. A little adversity last year might help him, but he will have some serious competition.
I'd call this a natural consequence of the changing dynamics of expectation. Being on the cover changes the way people see themselves, and they have to metabolize a different set of conditions. They're supposed to be superstars now, and if they don't live up to that, they've somehow failed. This changing perception causes many athletes to feel pressure and have a much harder time achieving their ideal performance. The Jinx isn't just a cover phenomenon. It occurs whenever an athlete receives a particular level of attention that builds expectation.
I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it.
In 20-some years of college coaching, I have never had two quarterbacks hurt in one game. I don't want to jinx us.
I was more concerned with winning this game, hoping our guys could bounce back, than I was with any jinx. I was more concerned with how we came out and played after that loss to Kent (State).
You try not to think about it. I don't want to really jinx myself, so you just want to go out there and play your best, and hopefully the puck goes in for you.