Michael Owen Quotes

No manager in the world gets good results all the time and you know there's people always ready to have a snipe. In fact I'm my own biggest critic, I really am. Because my own standards are so high, I criticise myself behind the scenes more than perhaps I should, according to people who know me well.

If I believe that I became the best quarterback that I could possibly be, the best football player that I could possibly be... That's how I'm going to measure my career as a success or not.

I never judge myself according to the expectations of others. I judge myself by the jobs I've been given over the years and by the extent to which I succeeded in those jobs.

I tend to think year-by-year and tournament-by-tournament.

I don't judge my performance on how many assists I have or how many points I have.

At the end of the day, I write down an 'L' or a 'W,' whether or not the day was a 'Loss' or if it was a 'Win.' It really bothers you to have to write down an 'L.' An 'L' looks like a day I ate a lot of junk food, or I didn't work out when I was supposed to or train when I was supposed to train, or if I felt that I had a bad performance in the ring.

For me, I want to be scoring goals. That's what I'm judged on, and that's what I judge myself on.

I'm a person who looks at myself, and after every game, I like to reflect on my performance, not just the team.

Every single match, win, lose or draw, there's something that we can improve on, and it's about us addressing that straight after the match.

I think with England, I look at myself and accept that I didn't do well enough; then, other times, I was playing my best football for United and England didn't happen.

Being critical of yourself is important sometimes: not during the season, because you need to be confident, but during the winter, it's always a good time to look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'This, this, and this I need to improve.' That's how it is.

Every time you step onto the field, you have to set goals. My goals are to either score a goal, to have an assist, or to play well.

I don't care that much about rankings, and that doesn't matter that much in the UFC, too.

I am a bad planner, I cannot really plan my future, so I am keeping my expectations very grounded.

The concept of head coach simply means being hyperfocused on the pitch and team performance.

Every player usually watches their clips back of how they play: mistakes, duels, things that are specific for your game. I wanted to be proud of that and I wanted to see it in person, I suppose, because in the past I have had a lot of criticism for things that I have done.

Usually, if I do a good job in the plus/minus category, I know I've had a good game.

I'm not worried about good numbers or bad numbers. You worry about the process.

I don't care if it was 2 o'clock in the morning after a night game. I had to break down the film by myself before I watched it with the team. I wanted to see everything I did wrong and did right or I wouldn't be able to sleep.

All I need to worry about is have I done better than my previous film or not.

I feel like I put pressure on myself to perform well and to play well and to do well. That's what I expect of myself. It's not always going to happen, but I can certainly sort of put myself in the position where I can get the best out of myself.

When I first got into coaching, I just wanted to make it to the Mid-American Conference someday.

I was the World Champ, but I should be better.

In our business, it's hard to look at anything in retrospect and look at your accomplishments because you're so busy thinking about the next week. What we do is 52 weeks a year.

I just want to be the best defensive player I can be and anything I can give us offensively is a bonus.