Russell Mark Quotes

Just wanting to play, I think that's my biggest attribute, just wanting to play through whatever I have to in order to go out and compete.

Being a competitor, you always believe you can come back. I'll be up at 3 in the morning watching World Cup races in my hotel whether I'm in Asia on a business trip or in New York City and have to get up in 2 hours.

A true champion is a true champion. They go fight and win or lose, give it their all.

To play this game, you've got to have heart, and a lot of guys don't have it. I can sit here and say we all do, but we all don't.

In her new book, Sarah Palin says she once gave up chocolate for an entire year just to prove she could do it. Still think she's not qualified to be President?

Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness.

If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.

Strength of will is the test of a young man's possibilities. Can he will strong enough and hold whatever he undertakes with an iron grip?

You can get through anything if you want it bad enough.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

You're defined by how you play the game, not by the game itself.

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part.... The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

It's the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.

The only way to get through the life I had was just to have a big head of steam and determination.

To take what I have, they're going to have to have more than skill and technique. It's a lot of heart, a lot of determination. That's just who I am. I'm not messing around out there. I'm not giving it away.

It's not too many people who play the game harder than me.

I'm going to fight every play.

Honestly, it is not all about attitude; it is all about heart. You can have the attitude, you can have the swagger, you can talk your way, but it is all about heart.

I've been injured where you can't play. But if I'm able to get up and move around, I'm not coming off the field.

I've always played hard. That's how I was raised.

If I lose the ball, I want to be the first one trying to win it back.

When my name is called I'm going to go in there and give it everything I've got.

I have to accept challenges wherever I play. Be it, India, U-19, state of T20 Leagues, I have to accept the challenges the same way I do when I play for India.

In my opinion, if you only show quality but no fighting spirit, you are half a player.