Allen Johnson Quotes

I wanted to fight to get into the front. I was just hungry to do it.

I want to win too bad.

You always need the hunger to play in the first team.

I'm hungrier than all of them. They didn't put in the effort that I did to get the title. So I don't care what it takes - I'm not giving up that title. I worked too hard to get it, and I'm not going to lose it.

You've got to be greedy in this game and to keep pushing.

I've always been hungry, but when people ask what drives you - 'How do you stay so driven throughout this whole thing?' - you just don't stop. It's every single day. The people that know me and the people that love me and are in my life see it.

The Juventus that I know has always shown more hunger than their opponents.

Even though I get older, what I do never gets old, and that's what I think keeps me hungry.

I had that laser focus, identified what I wanted when I was a kid, and never let anything get in my way. If you look on paper at who I am and what I sound like, and what I look like, you wouldn't say, 'Go into broadcasting.' It's just what I wanted to do - I knew that I could do it, and I never let anyone tell me that I couldn't.

What kept me going through all the years? More than anything, the love of and respect for competition. That's what it comes down to for me. That's why I do this.

I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation.

I just hate losing and that gives you an extra determination to work harder.

The nature of human beings is that we're competitive, and the chances are there's someone out there who's going to work harder than you and want it more than you.

Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you're no longer a champion.

Mellow doesn't describe me. I'm hungry every day.

I love the challenge of the game. I love the work. My goal right now is to have a season next year that will make people forget about this one. I'll use things like this for motivation. I'm pumped. I'm hungry.

If you're not in the game to win, you shouldn't be in the game.

For me, I always try to make it to the final.

Moving up and fighting the best keeps me hungry.

I understood from an early age what being competitive means.

I'm always hungry for the next thing. I'm never resting on my laurels.

Press on!--For in the grave there is no work And no device--Press on! while yet ye may!

I always had that, even when I was a kid in a go-kart or when I was playing soccer or tennis: that need of winning. It was there all my life, and it's still there now.

What keeps me going is that young people still want to see me.

I enjoy competition. I enjoy challenges. If a challenge is in front of me and it appeals to me, I will go ahead and conquer it.