Niko Kovac Quotes

I demand a lot from myself and reflect this attitude upon others: I consider it to be an important quality for a leader. I also think it is impossible to achieve success without persistence.

I'd love to go and I'd love to play for my country and go to a World Cup again. I've got to accept I'm not in the current squad and just think, 'If I get it, it's a bonus and I'll give it everything.' But it's hard to do when you've been thinking a different way all your life.

I always want to do the best I can.

The fear of letting people down - that's the drive. Sir Alex, I think, if he was brave enough to say it, he would say the same, but in his eyes, the motivating factor is that you want to be the best.

I live for the high expectations.

You always want to test yourself at a high level, and I would be proud to represent Great Britain.

Every player wants to win the World Cup - every country wants to win the World Cup - so anything less than that is not really a bonus. Of course you can take positives out of everything, but you won't be entirely happy if you don't win it.

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.

The thing I know about Diana Trout is that she's the hardest-working person. She even says it in season one - that nobody works harder than she does. I believe that's always been true about her. That is why she has high expectations of everyone around her.

I love watching England and what they are doing. But I can promise you I've not thought about anything that high.

If we're playing and competing at the level we want to and we know we can, then nothing else is really going to matter.

People - myself included - expect a certain standard from me. I always have to elaborate or improve on my playing. My success hasn't made me at all laid-back. That relentless drive is still there.

For us, there is no such thing as failure. You can't miss a deadline; you can't come up short on an assignment. You have to perform, period.

My objective is always to play for the national team. For me, it's the best feeling in the world to represent my country.

I want to be the best, so whatever accolades come with that, I've just got to go out there and keep continuing to prove my play on the field.

I never had any expectations. When I was 11, I just wanted to play for England. I didn't know when it would happen, how it would happen. I picked that dream, and I wanted that dream.

I want to be the world's number one one-day player; I want to win a World Cup, win the championship with Lancashire - those are my motivations.

I want to play for Scotland at a major tournament, that is the dream and the drive for me.

I'm a pro. I'm a professional and strive to be the best and try to have fun.

Being a coach's son, they're hard on you. When you say you want to be great, they do everything they can do to put you in that position.

I really enjoyed being with my teammates and representing Mexico, but I didn't go where I wanted to go.

Every night that I put my head on the pillow, I go to sleep knowing that I can do more. I'm working toward perfection. I'm trying to be the best ever.

It might sound very cocky or naive of me, or self-centered, but I want to win a World Cup for my country.

I want to aim as high as possible. I want to become the best player in the world.

I try to be the best and give the maximum so that people can say I'm among the top players.