Lleyton Hewitt Quotes

I play in front of 70,000 fans week in and week out, and I may drop the ball in practice, I may run the ball the wrong way, but once it's game time, it's game on.

I hate to go into games thinking about goals.

I wouldn't be in football if I was nervous. You have to look forward to games.

After I joined the Indian cricket team, MS Dhoni advised me that I need to avoid reading the newspapers and should try to stay away from social media as much as possible.

At home is where you have to be stronger and get more points and make the other team feel uncomfortable.

I don't really care, if somebody boos me or boos the team, we're trying to win the game.

I enjoy performing, always, but when you're taping a gig, you've got to blank out this mass apparatus of self-consciousness that's surrounding you, this invitation to drown in self-consciousness. Otherwise you just won't be able to do anything.

I'm someone who always comes on the court no matter what's going on in my life. It's all about basketball and my teammates and my team. I don't let any distractions in, and I bring my best every night, regardless of what's going on or what people are talking about.

It goes without saying, winning against a good team in a hostile crowd on the road, it's just an absolutely huge win.

The best thing about golf is ultimately what it teaches you about yourself. And the worst thing is how freakin' nervous it can make you feel.

No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best.

I wish they'd shut the gates, and let us play ball with no press and no fans.

I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.

I have great admiration for athletes. They are just like actors in a lot of ways. They have tremendous pressures and conflicts. They have to compete, and they can't stay home just because they have a head cold.

If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.

There's always pressure playing in the NHL. You want to play your best game every game. Expectations are always gonna be there; it's just important that you know how to handle expectations.

Do your best, one shot at a time and then move on. Remember that golf is just a game.

If they keep booing, and we keep winning, I don't care.

Every soccer player can be on the edge, at the limit, be the bad guy. We have to get used to it. Sometimes I am one of those.

To play in atmospheres that are intense is when I play my best football.

As a player you are always made to feel welcome, but at the same time, there is too much pressure.

Actually, performing is a lot like golf. You are alone, so vulnerable.

Just because I keep getting close and don't win these Majors, I must not panic.

Even if we're in fifth place in September, I get butterflies before a game. I'm nervous.

When you're on court, you just want to win. You're a competitor.