Luke Donald Quotes

Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.

Great execution. That's what you have to do when you're playing great teams.

Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.

When the gun fires you must concentrate for every second on the way to that finish line. You should know exactly how long it will take you to and think about every step of the race you are about to run.

I'm not too worried about points and all that stuff. It's about making the right play.

There are spots that I have to hit. Throws I can't miss.

Each game, each series, there's so many different things that are going on and you have to find different ways to impact winning.

Even if we don't play fantastically, with good passing and precision and finesse, the most important thing is to win.

Nothing goes through your head when you're playing except who you are playing against and what you can do to affect the game.

I don't focus on how I'm gonna get the finish or how I would like to get the finish. I focus on just my game plan that I've gone over with myself, my coaches. If the finish comes it comes.

The No. 1 thing is you want to be able to win the game, and we're going to do whatever we have to do to win the game.

Just like any other game we're taking on we've got to prepare, prepare hard, mentally, physically. We've been practicing hard.

Number three, we're going to play very smart and we're not going to beat ourselves. If the other team is better than us and they just out execute us and play better then we can live with that, but we're going to play smart and give ourselves every opportunity to win the game.

You prepare yourself by concentrating on what you have to do out on the field.

I hope we can build our offense and go out there and win games.

Whatever sport you're looking at, it's usually the team that makes the least mistakes that has the most success.

It is like football with coaches, like, 'We're only going to think about the next game.' It is really true, all you think is, 'Okay, we have to make a good next episode.'

Sound strategy starts with having the right goal.

Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought.

Every week, as a staff, you put a plan together and put your players in position to make plays.

I think whether home or away, it's playing a full four quarters, doing good things on offense all the way through the game rather than just in spurts.

I'm trying to make the box, trying to be more ruthless, more clinical, and trying to decide games.

My concentration with players is the next match, focus only to work for the next match and how we can win.

Obviously you want to play hard all the time, but at different moments of the game you step it up even more.

When I'm on the field, I'm locked in, focused on my job. I try to have a positive play and try to get points on the board.