Lucas Moura Quotes

It's very easy when you have someone in front of you that you can chase. You want to be No. 1 but now I feel like I have to play well because everybody looks at you as a best golfer. So that's why I put more pressure on myself.

In the World Cup, much depends for every team on how it develops during the tournament. There are always rising tensions. They come from within, and they come from the media.

When you are in the second position and you want to be champions, you are always under pressure.

In today's world, we all live with the burden of feeling that anything is possible if we're only clever enough, smart enough, work hard enough.

At the same time, it makes me feel like I have to prove myself to the new guys coming in as well as prove myself to the coaching staff, which is a good bit of motivation for me.

He's been so successful, arguably the best quarterback ever to play the game. If you were trying to follow his footsteps, it would be incredibly difficult. I'd go crazy if I woke up every day and tried to compare myself to Peyton Manning.

Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.

On the other hand, I have devoted so much energy to reach the top that I accept the stress of being there.

Some people don't like competition because it makes them work harder, better.

I remember winning the first time, you know, suddenly everybody expects, well, okay, now he should win every time he tees it up, win six tournaments.

Winning in my business is everything.

I've been fortunate Daytona is a place I've run better than anywhere else, and that's a big race. Maybe it has to do with attention and pressure and the drive to do well when a lot of people are watching.

I'm always a competitor. I'm not there just to have a good time. I want to play well and perform well.

I never got caught up in playing for history, seeing how many majors I could win, or rewriting the record books. Those are selfish objectives, and the guy who chokes usually does so because he dwells on what it all means to him. I was only worried about my family. And although I had my share of failures, it was never because I choked.

I feel pressures to stay relevant. To stay interesting and interested. To stay at the top of my game and expand.

I would say I thrive in a competitive environment.

With competition everyone has to try harder.

I was always groomed by my dad to win the U.S. Open.

Of course I want to bring home a gold medal, and that's what I'm planning on doing. For me, that's not pressure. It's a chance to show the world who I am.

I think the stress of being No. 1 in the world is more of a motivating factor for me just because I don't want to lose it.

At Liverpool and England, it's about moving forward and going in the right direction, and you don't want to be left behind by any means.

Even when I play in World Cups, I don't look at things like that. It's something that I want to be doing, so why would I put extra pressure on myself? I'm just going to go out there and enjoy it.

It was always about being first, about winning. There were no prizes for second place. My mother and father said, 'Do whatever you want, as long as you're the best at it.'

When you take the world record, a lot of people are going to go out there to get you, really. I kind of enjoy that. I like being chased.