Michael Beasley Quotes

I enjoy competing, and I love to get out there, and I feel like I could compete with anyone in the world, and it took me a long time to get like that.

There are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can't miss a ball.

I know I'm good enough to contend in each and every major I play.

There's no sense in going to a tournament if you don't believe that you can win it. And that is the belief I have always had. And that is not going to change.

You need to possess more than a little nastiness to play basketball at the highest level.

My personality, if I was healthy enough to play, I'm going to play! I felt that at 75, 80 percent, even if I had a sprained ankle, if I'm out there on the floor, I could be Deion Sanders.

I'm a preacher's kid, I'm big-boned, I have giant feet, and I've always been able to run fast, and so I had this sense of, 'I can't fail. I'm invincible. I'm made of green juice and concrete; nothing's gonna happen to me.'

I've always had confidence when it comes to athletics. It's sometimes stubborn to a fault.

I know this sounds arrogant or cocky or like I'm selling myself, but even on the court now, I don't think anybody can stop me. I just have that much confidence.

I had no doubts I could go to the pole. I may not be as strong, but I make up for physical strength in other areas, like steadiness and not panicking under stress.

When I decide to score, I score. I know I am strong, but I believe it is not enough yet. I can kick fine, dribble very well, but I still have to improve.

You've got to be confident when you're competing. You've got to be a beast.

I want my tennis to speak for everything.

I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I've always been a very strong, dominant position.

I don't think anyone can stop me one on one, period.

I don't fear anyone. We don't come to play in this sport.

I've beaten some of the wisest, most opportunistic and powerful women, and I will prove to Asuka that she is not unstoppable.

I've always thought of myself as the best defensive player in the league, and I want to play like the best defensive player in the league.

When you get on the floor, you've got to think you're the best player. Everybody does that.

I've always liked big challenges in football and playing against the best.

With MJ and Kobe, what you get is you get people who is talking trash to you and backing it up.

I see myself as the best fighter in the world and that's because I have to. There can't be any other way. I can't go into a fight with the other names that are around my weight, who want the same as me, and not believe that I'm better than them.

You don't go into a game thinking, 'I'm not confident.' You always think you're going to win.

As long as I'm healthy and feeling good, I will compete with anybody.

I'm very confident. I wouldn't go out on that practice field if I wasn't.