Eddie Alvarez Quotes

Nobody likes it when people dribble past them, me included, but I can't tackle.

As cricketers we fail all the time. You score a hundred every now and again but you get out between nought and 20 far more often. If you get 50, you feel bad because you should have got a hundred. Even if you get a hundred, you feel you should have got 150. So you're always failing.

We can't get down on one loss or one bad defensive play. We gotta play through it.

My outlook is that when you're under pressure then that is when you play your best cricket. You've got no choice but to perform to keep your place and I find that brings out the best in me.

When you don't have the ball, you need to be a killer, and you need to be tough. If you do have the ball, you need to feel free and to create things and to play with your head.

A lot of guys are offensive minded, which is good at some points and times but bad at others - at lots of others. I wish I could say I want everybody to play defense as hard as I do. It's not a reality.

There's two facets of this game. You know, if I'm not making shots, OK, then I have to do something on defense. So if I'm missing shots or making shots, it doesn't affect my overall game.

We always think we can get to the quarterback, put pressure on him.

I would like to not lose the first set all the time and not get hit off the court.

If you can't play under pressure, you shouldn't be at a World Cup.

Defense is my main priority, and offense is going to come second.

Football is constant pressure, from day to day. You need to know how to live with that.

You lose weeks of sleep over a bad game, and a bad game could be one missed kick. So the ones you make, you just try to build on the confidence with it, and the ones you miss, you try to get it out of your head as quickly as possible and try to make the next one.

For me, if I attack two or three times but didn't get the point, then I would get nervous.

If you have a defensive concept, you're going to play defense. If you don't have a defensive concept, and you have an offensive concept, then you're going to play offense.

Defense doesn't sell as much as offense.

I know what people expect of me - to have the fighting style of going forward and having a lot of action.

The emotions can take you out of a game.

I just think I've got to be more aggressive at both ends of the floor. When I'm aggressive on the defensive end it really helps me on offense.

I am one of these characters who seems to thrive off a little bit of niggle, a little bit of pressure.

When guys get competitive and get under each other's skin, it brings you out more. Some people fold.

My favorite goals are the ones when there's so much pressure. I focus more when the game is on the line.

We want to put pressure on the defense.

You can't have mental breakdowns defensively because teams like Golden State and Cleveland will make you pay dearly.

I know how you can feel when you are playing under pressure.