Jade Jones Quotes

Me, I don't want to put the pressure on myself.

There's always going to be pressure, and there's always going to be an area where you disappoint. As a storyteller, you have to understand that.

I wasn't sure I'd ever win again. Every time I got close, somebody seemed to play a little better.

When I play in a tournament, sometimes I'm feeling tired and don't want to play in the tournament. I don't want to lose.

If you go to a game nervous, you make a mistake.

Looking back, my life seems like one long obstacle race, with me as the chief obstacle.

I've always had a loud mouth, and for that I've gotten a lot of attention. I did falter in some big competitions in my career, but being counted out and not being seen as a threat is something I'm used to.

In the last two World Cups, I realised that when you put a lot of pressure on yourself, it does not work.

I think the failure in the NFL has humbled me in the fact that I don't think I'm the best.

For me, if I attack two or three times but didn't get the point, then I would get nervous.

The Champions League mustn't be experienced like an obsession because, when you have an obsession, you never win!

When you are successful, there is the pressure of performing consistently; when you are not, there is the pressure of coming back and doing well.

I've had times when layups didn't go in, you start second-guessing yourself. It's how you come at it and how you react to it.

Ups and downs will be happening; coming to the final and losing by a point or so should not matter.

The success or failing in one competition doesn't define you, and that is one thing that any sports would teach you.

The only reason they're out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.

It bothers me when I don't score.

There are a lot of reasons why guys can miss - it isn't always just black and white - but you just have to learn to move on from it. That's just the approach I take. I've missed plenty of kicks before.

You don't go into coaching if you're not willing to step into that moment and go, 'OK, this is what it's going to take, and this is why you do it.' Everything hinges on winning and losing, right?

You have to win football matches, and if you don't, you allow people to criticise you.

When you're not playing, you always question yourself.

I went to the final of the Champions League, and I scored 32 goals. This pressure does not weigh too much. I'm on the field to have fun and give pleasure to the fans.

When I look back at my first few seasons in the NBA, we didn't dominate as a team. There were a lot of nights where we took a beating and got whacked across the head. But we got better along the way, and we started to taste the success. With that came the pressure and expectations to be successful.

I think there are still better players than me.

It's always good to have great players around you. You have to battle for your place, and it makes you more hungry on the training pitch, and you know, when you get your chance, you have to take it.