Mickey Arthur Quotes

If you do not play well, it is normal that they criticise you. But criticism is part of the game, so you accept it.

Every time I go on to the court, people expect me to get a medal. It is tough, and I can't win always, but I still have to go out there and give my best.

The bottom line is that it's the NFL, and there's going to be competition wherever you go. That's the way I look at it. I've had competition in high school. I've had competition in college, and that's part of the game. That's part of how you improve as a quarterback.

My dad never really played basketball, but now he's my biggest critic. I come home, and he says: 'Why didn't you shoot there? Why didn't you drive?'

When you look at myself, I'm a coach, and that's what it's all about. When you're a player, you get criticized, and when you're a coach, you get criticized even more because it's about wins and losses.

A lot of people say second seasons are harder than the first because people are now expecting you to do stuff, so yes, that's down to me to work hard and try and improve and, like I say, just letting my football do the talking.

Criticism comes with the territory when you don't win games.

Criticism is part of football, but we have to work.

You have to win football matches, and if you don't, you allow people to criticise you.

Coaches often sting me to get the best of me. I am used to it.

As you become a legend in the game, you build more doubters than you build supporters. And that's fine. I think that comes with anything that's challenging. I think it even comes with sports. The older that Michael Jordan got, I think the more doubted he became.

Nobody but you and your caddie care what you do out there, and if your caddie is betting against you, he doesn't care, either.

The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. I can't worry about that.

The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax.

The difficulty with any sort of esteem is that more is expected of you.

When you beat a team so often - especially like this season when Chelsea had already lost three times to us - you know people expect you to do it again. But you also know they're going to be even more motivated to finally win.

It's easy to become very self-critical when you're an actor. Then you get critiqued by the critics. Whether you agree with them or not, people are passing judgment on you.

Audiences deserve better.

Sasha gets a raw deal from the press. She makes one mistake in her program and people rip her for not pulling it off when it counts. But she never falls apart. She never just completely folds and misses everything. Usually it's just one mistake.

If you don't perform, and you're part of the team, whether you're playing your first Test or 50th Test match, criticism goes hand in hand, so that's something you can't really get away from. If you don't perform, you will be criticised.

When you step out there on the field as a corner in our system, you have to be ready to play because humility is one week away.

We're all trying so hard to win each of these World Series events and the standard now is phenomenal but it's great that everyone's pushing each other.

People keep comparing me to Virat Kohli.

I think at a club like Liverpool you always feel a bit of pressure. You should. But it doesn't bother me.

I knew there was going to be pressure on me with the captaincy. I knew people would be writing about my performances more than anyone else's, but that's not a problem because I have my dad telling me about my performance every single game, and he is my biggest critic.