Barry Bonds Quotes

You should be able to have good matches against anybody.

Like I said, when you have to play against a great player every night, that defines who you are if you can compete on that same level night in and night out.

When you're playing the best player in the world, you've got to play well.

I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.

It's a very competitive thing, pro sports. The hardest thing in pro sports is staying up there.

Important in a big tournament is how you start. With a great match at the start, you can distance yourself from the unrest from outside. And it increases the respect among opponents.

You can be the best player in one game and then the worst player ever in the next.

I used to hear other boxers talk about levels and it used to frustrate me. But now I understand: sometimes it doesn't matter how much you prepare, there are just people you can't beat.

I've been in baseball my whole life, so I understand there's a lot in baseball that is out of your control, and you have to focus on the things you can control.

I don't always have to play my absolute best to win matches.

It doesn't matter who you play - you can win against anyone; you can lose against anyone.

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.

I have never been ready 100% even when I was racing in my gold times.

It is important to start winning international tournaments early and get that mentality into you. Then, hopefully, you can take it on to the world stage.

There were times I didn't know if I even belonged in the NBA. Everyone at this level is so good - bigger, stronger, faster.

I think, bottom line, I have to be good enough to make the team. I have to bring something in and beat somebody else out, especially with a smaller roster for the Olympics.

At every Olympic Games, anything can happen that nobody can predict, so I did my best to win.

Most pro athletes are super competitive, super clutch, and they don't want to lose at anything.

I try not to make a habit of spending the whole year losing in the first rounds of events, but tennis is one of those sports where nothing is guaranteed.

I work better under pressure. I was the local badminton champion when I was a kid, and there was another girl who used to thrash me for the five days leading up to the tournament and then I would just nail her to the floor in the competition.

This is the NBA, anybody can beat anybody.

As a playing group you don't go into the game thinking about whether you're the underdog or not.

Football is like a rollercoaster and if you keep dwelling on what's happened in the past you're never going to move.

I think momentum is huge in sport, especially in a series like the Ashes.

It's very frustrating when you don't always get the right kind of rub - you watch tennis and know if you play better than the other guy, you win. But that's the game we play. It can create mini-upsets.