Isa Guha Quotes

That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.

Me getting cut from Toronto that first year, definitely helped with the ego. It was deflating. Some people either quit or some people get hungry.

What Conte gave me was hunger, the desire to never give in, the mentality that allows you to go beyond pain to reach your objectives.

What I'm worried about is our team and our players developing and getting better. That's the most important thing.

If you don't feel hunger, you don't succeed at anything.

I'm the person that's been that young, spunky kid that wanted to beat the top guys.

I didn't corner the market on great stories. I'm not the only one who can do something like work at a grocery store and then win a Super Bowl. Other people can do it. You hope people will see that and say, 'Hey, that will be me.' They're going to chase after it like I did. And they're going to be the next one.

I would love to win a slam by the end of my career, and I would love to achieve other things. It's just that I am not a patient guy. When I want something, I try to get it as quickly as I can.

Being passed up by teams because of my size made me hungry. I've seen a lot of first-round guys who come in and never really do nothing because they may not appreciate the opportunity because everything has been given to them. I think guys who come from the bottom understand how hard it is, so they appreciate the opportunities more.

It drives you on all season when you see the end rewards, first and foremost for your club, and then, obviously, to play at a World Cup is the pinnacle of anybody's career.

Pressure is always in the back of your mind, but that's the pressure that drives you on and makes you perform to the best you can be.

A sprinter is never satisfied; otherwise, he is not a sprinter.

I was very hungry to succeed. It wasn't easy, but the football world can build you up, and you can sometimes go down. But when you have a good base, you don't have to worry. When you know you have qualities, then you know your hard work will bring you far.

When I participated in Rio Olympics in 2016, I failed to grab a medal. But it was a learning experience.

I've done this a couple times, been to a couple different camps and a couple different AAU practices to talk to kids. I tell them you have to be dedicated, have to decide if you want to be a serious basketball player or not. They always ask, 'What if you get discouraged?' You have to remember what your goal was in the first place.

I think with fighting you have to have a desire to achieve something. You never see a rich kid get to the top of any combat sport because they don't have the drive. All the great boxers come from the ghetto. They all had nothing. They have the desire, the hunger but the rich kid is not going to get punched in the face. Why would they?

You have to have those times when your hunger and drive is in a different place because you're under pressure to have success.

In football you go from hurdle to hurdle, there's always something to motivate you, always something you want to get.

If you look at champions, they came from nothing. That's where they get their drive and determination and hunger. They know they have no other option to succeed, because they had nothing. I had everything.

I am still hungry; I still hate defeats. There is no substitute for victories.

All of the people I have lost against, I always want to fight again.

I have that blue-collar mentality. I've always played with a chip on my shoulder, and I've always been hungry to learn.

I love what I do. I want to continue winning medals.

I dreamt of playing at the World Cup one day, but I never dreamt of playing for Australia. So it's a massive honour to be here and to be part of this team and to represent this country. So for the kids back in Fiji, if they dream big, there are no limits to what they can achieve.

Always, as a player, you are questioned and challenged about the next step. That's what drives the very best: they want to continually win.