Debi Thomas Quotes

I think pressure is good. Just watching my brother and my dad be professional athletes, I think pressure has driven them and has caused them to excel more.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.

Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing.

I've never been more motivated to be No. 1 in the world. I've never been more motivated to try to extend that lead from one to two. All the hard work that I've put into my game right now has paid off, but I've got to keep working hard to win as much as I can.

When you are a professional, you go into the next game wanting to win.

Hopefully I can be one of the best midfielders in the world. That's what drives me on: to try and achieve that and to try and go on and win many things.

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

I'm a two-time Olympian, but ever since I was a little girl, the Olympic dream has influenced me.

Any time, as an athlete, you taste victory, you taste the top of the mountain, you want to get there again.

I want to be the top man in our sport. I want to be that guy everyone wants to see skate.

If you're not ambitious, there's no point in playing football.

As a competitive athlete, you always want to come out on top and give your best work. So whether it's my sister or any other opponent, I'm competitive.

When I was a rookie, what motivated me was trying to win Rookie of the Year and play the best that I could that I would compete so hard.

Our daily work ethic - that need to always do better and top our last performance - is what makes USWNT football players who we are.

Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.

I wanted to be a world champion.

What drives me is winning championships.

I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.

To me, everything's competition.

When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to beat you. I find that incredibly motivating.

Don't ever, ever, believe anyone who tells you that you can just get by, by doing the easiest thing possible. Because there's always somebody behind you who really wants to do what you're doing. And they're going to work harder than you if you're not working hard.

High expectations are the key to everything.

The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

I can't believe that I'm on the Olympic team.

Swimming isn't everything, winning is.