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Motivation Quote by Chloe Kim

"I don't really feel that type of pressure"

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It reads like a shrug, but it lands like a strategy. When Chloe Kim says, "I don't really feel that type of pressure", she's not denying stakes; she's refusing the script that turns young, dominant athletes into walking anxiety metaphors. In a sports culture that treats "pressure" as proof of seriousness, her casual phrasing is a quiet flex: I know what you want me to perform for you, and I'm not giving you that narrative.

The line’s power is in its softness. "That type" does a lot of work, suggesting she’s familiar with pressure but selective about which version counts. There’s the pressure of competition, sure, but also the manufactured pressure: being the face of a sport, being a prodigy, being a media-ready symbol of ambition, being a young woman asked to emote correctly on command. Kim’s wording sidesteps the melodrama without sounding defensive. It’s not "I never feel pressure" (a lie) or "pressure makes me stronger" (a slogan). It’s closer to: you can’t rent space in my head just because you bought airtime.

Context matters: Kim has been treated as inevitable since she was a teenager, and inevitability is its own trap. The public loves a coronation until it becomes a collapse story. Her statement pushes back against that appetite. It reframes mental toughness not as gritted-teeth suffering but as boundary-setting - an athlete choosing her own emotional weather, even when the crowd wants a storm.

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SourcePEOPLE (Skyler Caruso), Chloe Kim Can Make Olympic History with a Gold Medal Three-Peat. Why She Doesn’t 'Feel That Type of Pressure' (Exclusive) (Jan 2026).
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Kim, Chloe. (2026, February 23). I don't really feel that type of pressure. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-dont-really-feel-that-type-of-pressure-185656/

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Kim, Chloe. "I don't really feel that type of pressure." FixQuotes. February 23, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-dont-really-feel-that-type-of-pressure-185656/.

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"I don't really feel that type of pressure." FixQuotes, 23 Feb. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-dont-really-feel-that-type-of-pressure-185656/. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.

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Chloe Kim

Chloe Kim (born April 23, 2000) is a Athlete from USA.

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