Lin Dan Quotes

I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing.

To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.

A successful competition for me is always going out there and putting 100 percent into whatever I'm doing. It's not always winning. People, I think, mistake that it's just winning. Sometimes it could be, but for me, it's hitting the best sets I can, gaining confidence, and having a good time and having fun.

I used to play basketball and I was pretty competitive, but I was never a bad loser. I never got angry. For me it was always about doing my best and devoting myself to a challenge.

I think sportsmanship is knowing that it is a game, that we are only as a good as our opponents, and whether you win or lose, to always give 100 percent.

I just go out there every game and try to be the best I can be for our team.

I'm just here to compete and do the best I can and let things play out and just be the best teammate I can be, regardless of the situation.

Whether it's a friendly match, or for points, or a final, or any game - I play the same. I'm always trying to be my best, first for my team, for myself, for the fans, and to try and win.

There is still a lot of football in me and I enjoy watching the players go out there and be the best players they can possibly be.

I think the thing about that was I was always willing to work; I was not the fastest or biggest player but I was determined to be the best football player I could be on the football field and I think I was able to accomplish that through hard work.

Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of a good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.

It's good fun, yes, but when we play, we take it seriously and want to do well.

I don't come to tournaments to make friends, to go to parties, to hold conversations. I come to be the best, and I'm not mean and cruel and dirty.

Our teams always play hard.

Winning isn't all that matters.

We gotta play hard and leave it all out there. Dive for lose balls, take charges, just do whatever it takes to win the game.

It doesn't matter whether it is your first game or your last game: you want to win.

When I finish games, I want to have the feeling that I helped my team as much as I could, and the fans saw I was determined to win.

When you go out on to that field it's going to be war. Sportsmanship is playing to the best of your abilities and then, afterwards, shaking your opponent's hand.

All we can do is come in here and hoop, play hard, stay competitive and try to win.

Whatever games came my way, I tried to give my best, do whatever I could to win matches for the team, be it at the Ranji Trophy level, India A, IPL: this was always on my mind.

In football, you can win; you can lose. The most important thing is the feeling and the attitude that you show on the pitch.

I try to enjoy playing football and do my best for the team.

My idea about football is to play well, but even if you can't always play well, one thing I want is your character, your spirit. That is all I can ask of you.

You go into each game looking to win. We're not looking at wins or losses because it proves something as a team. We go into every game trying to get better. As long as you compete, we're gonna play our hearts out; we're improving every day.