Ronald Koeman Quotes

I want to do just like my sister, if not even better.

Ultimately I want to win. That's my main focus as my rookie year.

Football's no different from any other workplace. If you're not doing the job you think you're capable of, it's frustrating. And I'm aiming for the stars. I'm not content with being in the shadows.

People often ask whether I consider myself successful. I don't yet, because there's so much more I want to accomplish. I put more pressure on myself than anyone else can.

I'm always trying to figure out ways to one up everyone, and that's what I love about competitions. I love challenging myself and pushing the envelope.

If, in a few months, I'm only number 8 or number 10 in the world, I'll have to look at what off-the-court work I can do. I will need to do something if I want to be number 1.

I always had to keep improving my skills in order to remain competitive and keep winning.

My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up.

That has been the concept to my life - setting very high objectives and trying to fulfil them.

Someone like Cristiano Ronaldo focuses on scoring to progress, so perhaps I need to think more about scoring.

When I won the world title, I am not going to lie, it was an unbelievable feeling. It was like a weight off my shoulders, a goal I'd set myself for so long and one others had talked about. When I got there I realised how I am never satisfied and how I always want more.

We all have great aspirations for ourselves, but if you expect yourself to change the world tomorrow, then you're going to just drown yourself in anxiety and constant feelings of inadequacy.

My long-term goal is to get as high as possible in the rankings, and to improve my game each day. If I am able to do that, my ranking should get better and better.

I look at goals, like, what do I want to do and where do I want to see myself. What position to I want to be in going forward.

Coaching is definitely on the aspiration list.

I set some lofty goals for myself and I think you have to.

Every year is pressure. You need to put in on yourself to go out and perform.

We put pressure on ourselves because we want to be so great; we want to be the best team possible that we can be.

For me, my career has never been about what I've done. But it's been about becoming, achieving, and pushing myself further.

I don't have small goals; I just have goals, and it's, one, stay healthy; and two, have a very successful career.

I think that if you grow up trying to be the best then you have to be competitive because the more you compete, the more someone is there that is a challenge and the more your performance improves.

I think we need to care about the metrics of success in life, and I'm a pretty competitive person.

I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.

For me now, I will continue to focus ever harder on my goal of being the very best I can be with Toulon Rugby Club and continue to embrace and enjoy wherever that path takes me.

The day I'm not improving will be the day I hang up the racket.