Chris Hughton Quotes

I feel like, as long as you truly are a good player, then you can't go out and have a bad season.

I want to be that consistent all year. I want to play the same way all 82 games. I want to be consistent every night.

To play week in, week out is all I care about.

I just want to play week in, week out.

There some players who show what they can do over 90 minutes and others who demonstrate it in 15.

I want to be the guy that can go out there and go at least seven, eight innings every time out.

Consistency is one of the hallmarks of my career. You knew what you were going to get out of E-Smith every game, every year, no matter if I was 22, 21 or 35 years old.

The only way I know how to deliver is to focus; some people can turn it on or off - I'd rather stay in character.

I pride myself in the fact that in the six months tour of Cinderella, I didn't take one show off.

I can separate very well. I can do everything I need to do as a player. I'm not the fastest guy always, or the strongest guy, or the biggest guy, but I always get the job done. I'm a workaholic.

That's something I pride myself on, playing every single game.

I'm just trying to find ways to continue to pass and continuing to be consistent in every aspect of my game.

My goal every year is to come in and be consistent. It doesn't matter if it's the first game of the year or it's the last game of the year.

There's a lot of guys that are able to perform for a short period of time. It could be a week, it could be a month, it could be two months, it could be one season. It's doing it over and over. And being consistent was something that watching Patrick Roy all these years, that's what he was. He never had down years.

Excellence is a high performance over a long period of time. That's what I've tried to focus on.

I try to bring the same energy every game.

It is obviously always nice to start in a strong way, but it's also very important to keep that strength during the year - the season is quite long, from March to November.

The biggest thing for me is I want to be consistent.

There's no off nights. When you think it's an off night, it's not.

It's difficult to compete if you are not consistent.

Some guys have all this talent, and you wonder why they can't put it all together. Well, they don't do any of the little things.

If I come on for 10 minutes and play well, I can't go home and tell everyone, 'I played a great 10 minutes.' I have to play the full 90.

I know writers who write only when inspiration comes. How would Isaac Stern play if he played the violin only when he felt like it? He would be lousy.

I am the extreme member of the band because I never go out after the show. It's my rule.

That really is my trademark. Day to day, week in, week out. If something happens and the crowd roars, I shut up.