Andriy Shevchenko Quotes

Every game means something, the supporters are fantastic, and since I've come to Palace, I've learnt to fight as a team and for the three points.

If you play bad, you can win the games, but you have to play good and get the three points.

When I played for Barcelona, I knew that some home games were going to be easier than some others, as the team had plenty of confidence. That confident mentality helped Barcelona players win games.

So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win.

I know a lot is going to be on our shoulders, especially the way we're starting games out. We have to start faster; I have to be sharper from the start, and I will be. And I'm confident that if we can get this thing started out a little better each week that we can get on that roll and be tough to stop.

As it is, in football if you are on top and winning games everyone wants to play well against you, put in more effort and beat you.

In football, whatever can happen can happen when the team performs well and sometimes when the team does not perform as well.

I think that's kind of the common theme when you talk about any good team. Not only do you have the talent and the type of players that allow you to win that many games, but you have to win the ugly ones.

In football, it is not important how you win, it is important that you win.

When it comes to football, I always prepare like I'm going to be the guy.

I'm just trying to win games and give my team a chance, win as many as we can week in and week out.

It's really important at United that you've been brought up with that winning mentality.

Just got to win games. You've just got to find ways to win games.

We've got to rediscover the Manchester United way of playing, and I don't think many teams enjoy their nights at Old Trafford when we're on song.

In the Premier League, almost everyone is difficult to beat; it depends on how you begin a game and how you play in the game.

You really don't believe that winning at home or winning on the road makes a difference. The Lakers have that mind-set. They don't look at it as 'We're at home, we're on the road.'

If you win games, you think things are comfortable, and they are not. The best players don't think that way, and that's why they get to where they are: they don't worry about what has gone on and think only about the next game.

When you train a massive club or little third division outfit, when you go out to play football in any situation, it is always about winning.

That's what tournament football's all about. It's about finding your feet in the first game, finding what works, and gaining confidence.

Just like any other game we're taking on we've got to prepare, prepare hard, mentally, physically. We've been practicing hard.

When I step on the field, you know what you gonna get.

The real good teams and the real great teams find a way to win.

I hope we can build our offense and go out there and win games.

You don't want to be down 2-0 in a series. It's always important to try and get one on the opponent's home court. It makes your job at home easier.

I'm just super competitive. Squash, tennis, water skiing, computer games... Even if I played you at pool, I'd have to win.