James Anderson Quotes

Whatever I am, it's natural... I don't have to pretend to be aggressive, don't have to show the opposition that I am on the field. Being aggressive comes naturally to me, helps me perform.

The greatest players use anger as fuel. Michael Jordan played every night with something like road rage.

A lot of my intensity in wrestling was due to my mental preparation before the matches. I got myself into a different world.

Every now and then you have to be a little nasty, a little aggressive on the floor. That's part of being a basketball player.

When I am off the field, I am the calm, very quiet kind of easy-sailing ocean, and then when I am on a hot streak with a cricket ball, I can be the most disastrous waters you have ever been in.

It doesn't matter how you're playing: you've got to be vocal - you've got to be aggressive - if you really want to be one of the best in this league.

You get frustrated because you're so competitive and you want to win every drill.

As long as I can get angry then I play well. If I play well I can beat everybody. I am happy because I am getting angry.

Music can be useful during training to help get you psyched, and I still listen to music on easy climbs or in the gym. But during cutting-edge solos or really hard climbs, I unplug. There shouldn't be a need for extra motivation on big days, be it music or anything else. It should come from within.

There are people who criticise me, and that's normal because of the way I am on the pitch. I get angry, I get tense.

My clients train hard. They don't scream or throw weights - they just push hard, trying to get more out of themselves than their bodies want to give, trying to walk that terrible, beautiful line between controlled aggression and all-out insanity.

I guarantee you that's what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does.

If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk.

I learned early in sports that to be effective - for a player to play the best he can play - is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.

You need to possess more than a little nastiness to play basketball at the highest level.

I don't ever want the players to relax in a game.

I don't think enough players channel the energy of the crowd. If it's done properly, and you don't let anger overwhelm and distract you, it's like a shot of adrenaline in the arm, and it gets the crowd pumped up.

I am an intense person on the field. I always want to win, as it matters to me a lot. That's why I never like to lose the focus or intensity.

I think with racing, you never stop improving. If you want to improve, you will.

We always have great practices, and the competition is high, and the intensity is high; it's just about doing that now in a game and sustaining it for 48 minutes.

I learned, for me to play at my best, I need to play with an edge.

Any time you go on the field, you want to dominate as a unit.

I used to be short-tempered on the field when it came to winning or losing.

I'm sure Jofra Archer will be loving heading into his first World Cup. He is in the dressing room as he comes across on the field - laidback and very confident in his ability.

Confidence and momentum are huge in sport.