Robert Covington Quotes

In difficult moments, champions come through, and not by listening to what is being said.

I'm not the type of player to let the 3s get me down: 'Oh, I'm missing a couple of 3s. I don't want to do this no more.' No, I'm out there playing basketball, and I'm not going to let that get me down.

If there is noise against you, then you try to make it seem it is for you. You just have to try to focus on your own game and try and win the match whatever way you can.

There's been so many times when I've heard people not pulling for me. So I just play and try not to think about it.

People can talk all they want; that doesn't affect how I go about my business.

I know how to swim through backlash. I can tread water through backlash... If anything, that's all giving me power.

I don't lose sleep about what people say about me. It's football.

I feel that I can make certain shots, tough shots, and that I can play better when things aren't going well.

I don't talk that much when I do well and I try to talk even less when I'm not doing well. All that really matters is the next game and helping us win.

There's gonna be stretches where I don't play as well. People are gonna be talking bad about me and not always on my side and cheering me on.

Everyone will say something about confidence or something if you miss a couple shots. You've just got to keep shooting.

If I played a bad game, there's gonna be people out there that want to try to bring me down. But I always stay up.

Breaking composure, confidence, and speed in the water makes you lose the race, not the goggles that fell off your head when you dove in.

Having a dance background, I became used to rejection at an early age. Dance is very competitive, especially for a sensitive person like me. But I realized it's better not to take it so seriously. If you beat yourself up, it's hard to keep going.

Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a rod for their back, really. You have to have broad shoulders and get through it.

Plus, when you get in tough situations, like the bases loaded and nobody out, you never give in.

Slumps don't bother me.

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.

Every time somebody calls me out or tries to start something, it's motivation.

I've been shut down, run down, talked about, dogged out, but that never stopped me from the being the true me that's here and will be here.

It doesn't matter what people say about me, I weather the storm.

Sasha gets a raw deal from the press. She makes one mistake in her program and people rip her for not pulling it off when it counts. But she never falls apart. She never just completely folds and misses everything. Usually it's just one mistake.

I still feel like I gotta prove something. There are a lot of people hoping I fail. But I like that. I need to be hated.

I am pushed by my critics. I don't want to say I want to prove them wrong, but it pushes me on the field to play with a chip on my shoulder, and I play best when I have a chip on my shoulder.

It's the playoffs. You find a way to get through.