Philippe Coutinho Quotes

I watch every day when we hit and take ground balls and the way we go about our business. If I saw any lackadaisical approach, that would concern me.

I think it was the preparation and every thing Lombardi represented, you know, about hard work and that every game was important. So when you get to the real important games, you were ready to go.

I live every training session to the fullest as if it were a final.

You've got to play hard every minute you're on the court.

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.

Working with Michael Chiklis is a lesson in professionalism and staying focused. That's what Chiklis brings all day long.

When I'm working, I'm not so much disciplined as obsessive. I have this feeling that I need to clear everything away and get this down.

You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do. You want to be focused on it.

I get very intense: I get to the show five hours early. If we're on at 8 P.M., I'm there at 3 in the afternoon.

I was always taught that you needed to be intense and never lose your focus.

What I have to do is train hard, be at the disposal of the coach and make the best of what I have here every day so when I'm called upon I'll be ready.

A champion must be ready at all times.

If I'm doing a job, I'll give it 100%, and that job gets my absolute focus, and everything else goes to the side. Then, that job is finished, I'll concentrate on the next job.

I don't want to leave the field for a little thing. I try to be ready every day.

We have to stay focused on every possession.

Real Madrid have to be at their best in every single training session and every single game.

You have to be ready for all the games and be at 100 per cent if you want to win in this League.

Even though I was sitting on the bench at Arsenal, I made myself prepare like I was going to play, thinking about the game properly. I had to be ready.

Their practice habits are terrific. I've been around some really good guys from different teams in terms of bringing it to practice. When I was in San Francisco, Bryant Young was that way. Every practice on it.

Each fight of my career I take just as important as the last. And I will keep it that way.

Most of the stuff I've done is quite serious, so I'm usually studious.

When I'm on the field, I just do my job.

Practice makes perfect and if you practice battling and competing and working hard, then that will transfer over in a game. If you practice just kind of floating around out there in practice, you know that's going to transfer over, too. So I think the harder you work and the more you compete, then that's how you're going to play in a game.

My job is to come out here and compete the best I can, get in the playbook, understand what they want from me, and the rest will take care of itself.

Show up, shut up, and shine.