Steve Alford Quotes

Bayern are a club where success is demanded, and second place isn't particularly appreciated. We have a history and culture to respect.

At UCLA, there will always be high expectations. That's why you want to play here or coach here.

Real Madrid demands the maximum. You have to win and please.

There was no question that in our house doing well, doing it the right way, school, sports - there was an expectation. One of the things I've taken away from that is that I'm unafraid to expect a fair amount from people. It makes them so much better - you're doing them a disservice if you don't.

We're about winning and accountability.

That's always the goal. If you don't want to be the best or have the company on your back with everyone relying on you, then you shouldn't be here.

Everyone's set the bar really high and expects me to be brilliant.

You are part of that horrid expression, the best and the brightest. It can be a terrible burden if you let it be, but it is the great challenge of your time. And being a warrior in that challenge should be wondrous.

Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.

The Celtics don't celebrate anything but championships.

I just think winners win. And guys who won all the way through high school and college, the best player at every level, they have a way of making things happen and winning games.

People like to work for a winner.

I play basketball to win a championship. That championship is everything to me. And that's what gets people to buy in to your brand - being a winner.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

It's hard being on the best team in the world.

We have to keep winning and looking good and keep fighting the best competition out there.

In Brazil, you know that only first place counts; in other countries, you might celebrate coming second, third, or fourth, but not in Brazil.

In Juventus you learn to win.

I expect to always do well. It's the kind of competitiveness in me. I'm not here to try to just be mediocre.

All I know is, there's nothing we can't do at Clemson. I don't have to go somewhere else to win at the highest level, to recruit great players, to have great support - I really don't. I'm just really fortunate.

You've got to want to compete with the best of the best and when the pressure's on.

At Real Madrid, you have to win everything.

If you are considered as favourites, you have stand up and deliver. You can't make too many mistakes. You have to be the best.

It's something nice to be number one, of course, but there are much more expectations.

Literally, if you weren't the best in the world in my family, it wasn't impressive.