Austin Seferian-Jenkins Quotes

I like to relax; of course I do! But when I am inside the pitch, that is it. You have to go on full on from the first minute.

You've got to play hard every minute you're on the court.

Do whatever you do intensely.

When I'm on the court, I try to play with all my emotion and heart.

What gets me upset about with the newer players is their lack of intensity. They tend to go through the motions a little bit. They don't understand that you've got to practice the way you play.

Whatever it is that I am working on is what I become obsessed with.

You need to feel that the game is important to you. Lose that feeling and you lose your edge. There's no faking that kind of emotion. You can't invent the feeling. It's got to be natural, real.

If you don't play with intensity in this league, you're going to get embarrassed. Without hard work, you don't have a chance.

The heart of that player will determine how he plays.

You can take your play seriously as long as you seriously play.

I can't be lackadaisical when it's time for me to make any play, whether it's a tackle, fumble recovery, anything that it might be.

Every time I step on the court, I have to give my all.

Whenever I do something, I tend to focus on it and spend all of my time and energy on it.

It's hard for me to interact with players who don't give themselves completely. The weak don't interest me.

Nadal tries his best all the time, every point. But Kyrgios can spend 10 minutes looking like he would rather be walking down the King's Road.

I try to bring the same energy every game.

Every time I step on the field, I give my all.

Once I get in the game, I just feel like I have to give it my all.

I just try to bring it every night in whatever way I can.

To me, every play counts. To me, how I play in individuals, how I play in practice, that's how I'm going to play in the game.

I can understand a bad pass or something like that; I don't get irate. But the one thing I can never accept is a lack of work rate. You have to be able to give everything you have.

If you really want something bad enough, if you're really interested in something enough, you know, you just keep working on it.

I'm sometimes willing to put in vast, even inordinate amounts of time if I find a project that interests me.

I decided to do the maximum to hold onto the lead for as long as possible. That is why I pushed so hard from the beginning. I was at 100 percent concentration.

If I play, I try to concentrate on producing my best.