Big Freedia Quotes

When I do something, I do it full steam ahead.

For me all games are finals.

Oh, I get pretty fired up on the court. I try to play with a lot of emotion, especially when I'm playing in front of a large crowd. I want to go out and do my best, and to do that, I have to play with the most energy possible.

As soon as I hear the word 'competition' I get serious and start doing everything that I can do.

If I'm going to play, it's going to be 100-percent commitment.

The best way I knew how was to give 110% and want it more than them, and walk on the court and every moment of the match feel like it was the end of the world, in a sense. So that worked for me in a lot of ways. There were times that it hurt me, but for the most part, it helped me.

To me, every match is important.

I like to relax; of course I do! But when I am inside the pitch, that is it. You have to go on full on from the first minute.

If I can't do things to the fullest, I don't want to do it.

I never want people to think I'm not playing my hardest or I'm not giving it my all.

I live every training session to the fullest as if it were a final.

This is the one sport you don't want to be one foot in one foot out.

I approach every game with the same level of seriousness.

I want to win. I want to play serious. I want to be effective.

Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.

I'm an all-or-nothing kind of person, and when I become interested in something, I give it my all.

When I'm on the court, I try to play with all my emotion and heart.

I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out on the field, nothing's a joke to me. I don't feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face.

What gets me upset about with the newer players is their lack of intensity. They tend to go through the motions a little bit. They don't understand that you've got to practice the way you play.

I'm too old to do things by half.

I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did.

I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.

Everyone wants to beat us. So you can never take a single game lightly.

When I go out on court, I don't care what I look like. I don't care if I'm out of my bed as long as I win the match, and that's what I'm there for. It doesn't matter what I'm wearing, it doesn't matter what I look, it doesn't matter what my hair feels like. All I feel is the moment I have to play well, give my 100% and win the match.

When I step on the field, it's on. I know it's time to go to work.