Isco Quotes

I wasn't a natural defender. I was a striker as a kid. I have learned a lot but there is more to learn, of course.

I think I'll always want to improve my defense. That's something that can always be better. Not saying it's bad now, just something you should always work on.

When I decide to score, I score. I know I am strong, but I believe it is not enough yet. I can kick fine, dribble very well, but I still have to improve.

I think that's the biggest thing, just helping me grow on and off the court. It's always what I've been about, and I think that's special.

I think I can improve in my attacking role, I can do more.

In all ways, I want to be better in all of these things that top midfielders can do.

There is still so much room for me to get better. Everyone in this sport evolves so quickly. You could take six months off and come back to a totally different game. That's why I'm always in the gym working. Even if I don't have a fight lined up, I'm still in there working to improve my overall game.

As always, I keep my head up, look objectively at all the matches I played, see where I can improve, bits and pieces, and, you know, get ready as quick as I can.

Throughout my athletic career, the overall goal was always to be a better athlete than I was at the moment – whether next week, next month or next year. The improvement was the goal. The medal was simply the ultimate reward for achieving that goal.

Every year I try to grow as a player and not get stuck in a rut. I try to improve my game in every way possible. But that trait is not something I've worked on, it's part of me.

International sport is a lonely journey. You compete with one's self and try to grow as a cricketer.

Practise things you're good at. Keep on top of things you're not so good at, but be world-class at your best. Never think, 'I'm very good at this and that, I can leave those for a bit.'

The willingness to keep learning is, I think, the most important thing about trying to be good at anything. You never want to stop learning.

I keep working because I learn something new all the time.

No tennis player is perfect. Even if you're world #1, I don't think, you still have things to improve on, and I'm not even close to that. So I am going to have weaknesses in my game; I am going to have strengths in my game, but I still have time to develop a lot of things, hopefully, and we'll see how it goes.

And then ultimately what I tell the kids is: coaches can give you information, they can give you guidelines, and they can put you in a position. But the only person who can truly make you better is you.

Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.

I have MMA strengths, but I need to build on my weaknesses.

You always have to challenge yourself or else you get soft. Right?

Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.

I'm really focusing now on how I can get to the next level as a batsman. How can I get even more competitive? How can I get even more consistent? How can I get better?

There are a lot of things to my game I can still improve, but everyone can.

Throughout your life advance daily, becoming more skillful than yesterday, more skillful than today. This is never-ending.

Even when I have a good game, you can still do things better.

You've got to get better every single year, it doesn't matter.