Brandi Chastain Quotes

There's so much hard work, dedication, and focus goes in from not just the athletes but from the coaches, officials, governing bodies, and Sport Wales. It's a real team effort, and it's rightly called Team Wales.

You want to score in every game and to fight hard.

The players on the pitch have the responsibility to run harder, fight harder.

My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with.

To play in the Olympics, to play for your country, there's nothing like it. You love doing it and I'm looking forward to it again. We're all looking forward to trying to win another gold.

Hit a home run - put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is more - a lot more important than the name on the back.

The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don't know, these guys today don't want to do anything like that.

Squash has been my life and I owe a lot to the sport.

You know, I don't only play for the record books.

Everybody has something to prove each year. Everybody has a responsibility in this game. Even the batboy.

I want my team to win and to be the best player I can possibly be.

The biggest thing is winning. No matter what percentage, no matter what my numbers say in the sense of points, assists, rebounds and steals, it's always been about winning.

You go the whole distance as a player, the last thing you probably want is the coach to say, 'Okay, you've gone this far, I'm going to take you out.'

When I was in high school, we won our state championship my sophomore year. We worked so hard that year because we had lost in the state championship the year before.

I can't practice every practice or play every play like, 'Oh, I'm trying to get in the Hall of Fame.'

I rarely focus on the result only just because I think if I work well the results will come and if we work well as a team the results will come.

I try to do my best in every game to help the team.

It is not about being the greatest team in the world ever, it is about fighting for every run and wicket.

I know what being a star athlete means.

You always have to know that you are going to leave everything on the pitch, every drop of sweat, to help the team win the game.

Carl Pendleton's the absolute best. He's everything you want in a student-athlete.

I always hoped I'd get a chance to prove myself at the top level because I believed I could do it, but making your way up the football ladder is very tough.

You define great players as guys that are out there grinding, battling every day with their team.

I think it's important at the end of the day you know obviously playing in the NBA is a great thing, but representing your country at the highest level is something totally different.

If I had all the qualities that the newspapers are talking about, I'd be the best player in history.