John McEnroe Quotes

The greatest players use anger as fuel. Michael Jordan played every night with something like road rage.

It's a massive difference when you play in front of full stadiums; you can sense the buzz around the players, and it helps us get that extra one or two per cent that may be the difference in games.

I just think I play better in the greater scenarios. I just get motivated. I like the big crowds on the centre courts.

As long as I can get angry then I play well. If I play well I can beat everybody. I am happy because I am getting angry.

I just love the feeling from the fans and when I'm walking on deck I can hear people screaming and wishing you the best. That puts you into the game more than anything.

I love for the crowd to feed off me, and I try to make my teammates feed off me.

The crowd gives us so much energy and we are able to really feed off of it. Hitting those shots and having the crowd go crazy helps boost our confidence. We love our fans.

We've got to play better basketball.

One of the really important things about the Olympics is, to enjoy yourself, you have to accept that it's different and feed off the enthusiasm of everyone and the inspiration and hopefully that will elevate your performance.

I guarantee you that's what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does.

Yes, it's true - I love the roar of the crowd. When the fans are with you, their voices come together in a big booming rush of sound that you can actually feel in your body - almost like a wave that lifts you and carries you past your own limits.

Honestly, I get energized by the crowds. They feed me emotionally.

Ben Stokes, for example, is someone who plays better when he is a bit aggressive - and that's something you don't want to take away from him.

If the audience likes and appreciates a move, it gives the wrestlers in a ring a little bit of extra energy, and you can always use that.

There's a lot I need to improve on. YAC, which I'm last in. Being a better leader. Not getting frustrated when things aren't going my way.

Kohli is a huge addition to the side not just because of his batting but with his attitude as well. He lifts everyone on the field. There is so much passion in his cricket.

Any good film you see gives you enough motivation and adrenaline rush to produce good content, while a bad film can get you so angry that you produce even better content.

We always play better when we play with emotion.

It took me a lot to learn to control adrenaline; and other sports you use adrenaline to your advantage.

Some players need pressure to get the best out of themselves.

I like to listen to the crowd, I really do. The crowd helps give me that extra boost of adrenaline.

No matter how tired you get, when you get in that ring and hear that crowd road, everything will go away.

Some guys lock up when they hear the crowd. I feel the energy and take it with me into the fight. I've been in front of huge crowds and know to use that energy.

When you train with good players or watch matches on TV, you want to do what they do.

You have to remember that you only want to use your dunks at the right time. If you do it at the right time, you can wake up everybody and change the whole momentum of the game. It can get the crowd up, get your teammates up. It can wake up yourself, too, if you're not shooting well.