A positive, pre-speech self-talk experience was used to assess the influence on student performance anxiety in a variety of disciplines. The findings suggest that having students recite aloud a self-affirming statement in unison immediately prior to delivery of a required speech or presentation provides a greater reduction in performance anxiety than not doing so. However, repeated use of the recited positive affirmation experience over multiple assignments within the same course and academic term did not result in significant additional reduction in performance anxiety over classes in which only one speech or presentation was performed during the term.