Kevin Love Quotes

Whenever you're playing on the pitch, you have to step up to the plate and perform.

I just gotta go out there and play basketball the way I know how to.

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

I love playing football. So I go out to play football, and I don't really feel pressure. Of course, there are some days when things just don't work out as well as they do on other days, but that doesn't have anything to do with pressure.

When I'm out there, you just have to react. That's why you work on those throws. When you're in the moment, you can't think to yourself, 'How do I get this to go 47 yards and be 2 yards inside the sideline?'

Once you're on the field, you're playing. You're not worried about anything other than doing your job to help your team.

Just gotta try to have fun. It's a business. You just gotta come out there and play hard because you never know when another player might take your spot.

At the Olympics, for those eight minutes of each fight, all that attention was on me. Either the crowd is with you or against you.

To play week in, week out is all I care about.

When the big games come, I show up.

There are no expectations on a 40-year-old man. All I have to worry about is intensity, and things will take care of themselves. I don't have to worry about championships, all-star games, contracts. I can just walk on the court and play.

If I have learned anything from my coaches, it's that the next game is the most important. The next game is the one that gives you confidence or gets you into trouble.

There's no pressure on me, really. I just want to play football.

I don't think about the record, because winning games has to be our focus, and if we lost focus thinking about that record, I would really regret it. How will I feel later on? People tell me it will mean a lot after I retire, for the kids and me. But to me, it's just a stat. It's something people enjoy talking about. Me? I just enjoy playing.

Before matches, there is a little bit of pressure, but on the pitch, you forget it all. You only think about playing football.

Just go out there and play football. Don't make it bigger than it has to be.

I don't think age matters. In cricket, if you have the skill, you can go on playing.

The playoffs bring the best out of people.

With the national team, you never know how long you've got, so you always have to be pushing and making the most of it.

I don't think I've ever not gotten nervous. When you work so hard for one special day or routine, you want to perform it better than you ever have. We always say at our gym, If you lose the nerves, you lose the sport.

I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.

Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.

Basketball is a pretty simple game. What wins is consistency and competitiveness.

Sports is about balls and about heart and you don't find too many champions in any sport in the world without heart or balls. He might have them, but against Nadal they shrink to a very small size and it's not once, it's every time.

The best pitchers have a short term memory and a bullet proof confidence.