Jason Hammel Quotes

I will become the greatest, because all travellers have to be able to adapt. That quality, adaptability, is essential to that way of life. Not many boxers have it but I can adapt before a fight to the opponent, during the fight if necessary.

I have to be prepared always and be at my best. I looked to bat 50 overs and score as many possible. It may not happen all the time, but whenever I see the opportunity, I try to make the most of it.

I always try to prepare as well as possible for matches.

I think what we focus on is every game is a different challenge, and you have to find ways to put yourself in position to win, and you have to have a resourcefulness, and it's not always going to go according to play.

I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments.

You know I'm finished with the old chess because it's all just a lot of book and memorization you know.

I show up ready to play, so I normally try and fit the situation.

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.

You have to know when to strike and when to retreat.

It doesn't matter if you are number one or number two. You have to prepare for everything.

Once you have an opponent in your mind that you're preparing for, you're working on specifics, and you get guys in to mimic what they do.

I see myself used in terms of reading mismatches. If it's small, go inside. If it's big, come outside. And if it's in between, then work him, make him think you're going outside, go back inside. Just play chess.

You need to be ready to bat, whatever you are given; you have to take what is thrown at you.

In boxing and politics, you cannot predict results. You should be ready to go 12 rounds. But if you win in the first round, you should be ready to be the winner quickly.

All I ever try and do in any game is play to how I see the situation.

A lot of guys would say that I was like a 'damn chameleon'. It doesn't matter who you are in the ring with, you can adjust and adapt.

I fight with a game plan, but sometimes you have an audible.

Sometimes you have to stutter step; sometimes you have to spin inside. You have to run some games.

The game changes so quickly, and you have to get yourself in a position mentally where you can deal with whatever is thrown at you.

You have to change on the fly. You have to adapt. It's what I do. It's what wins for me.

I prepare the same for every opponent.

Every competition is different... You can't plan for everything that happens.

We need to be always prepared for every match.

We have to take every game as it comes.