Ernesto Valverde Quotes

Golden rule of life: never underestimate your rivals.

The start is crucial, really, but the entire race is crucial. There is not any room for error. If there is one bad stroke, you regularly lose the race.

I didn't want to get caught up in the mind-set that, 'Wait a minute, I'm ahead of Magic. I better slow down.'

At the upper echelon of musicians in general, I guess performers in general, you have to have this kind of live-or-die, cutthroat mentality.

You must never underestimate your opposition.

Never underestimate opponents.

Don't worry about making friends; don't worry about making enemies. Worry about winning, because if you win, your enemies can't hurt you, and if you lose, your friends can't stand you.

I think what is important to fight for winning the ball it is the spirit. I have had that since I started playing football, so it is the spirit but I need to be fit for doing it.

You don't have time to think about things that aren't as important as football and the points that are at stake in the games that we have to win and do well in.

That's one thing I relish, the pressure of having to try and beat the best teams in the world.

If any player in the world tells you he doesn't care about what the opponents do, he is lying.

With my position, you have to kind of be three steps ahead of your opponent.

There is nothing more important than staying alert, reading your opponent, that counts for both inside and outside the ring.

Sometimes when you get eager, you get sloppy. Sometimes when you get sloppy, you get knocked out.

Every time you step on the field you have to reestablish and re-prove yourself.

There's a lot of crazy stuff in this league, and you got to go out and you got to earn your role out every year.

I've played in the big games and I've done well.

You have seen in football that if you start to think you are the 'Special One,' or that you are better than the others, that is the moment when you will be beaten.

The NXT environment is so competitive.

I'm the world number one, so everyone is trying to attack me and trying to speed up.

You know, this league is all about adjustments, and the one thing you kinda notice when you're playing every day is how teams make adjustments. Once you start having a little bit of success, they are going to make their adjustment.

Money talks. I want the biggest fight. Whoever I've got to fight - the biggest show, biggest payday - that's what I want.

When you step foot into your first professional tournament, everything you've done in your amateur career really doesn't matter any more.

I always want to win at all costs.

I only care about winning and putting points on the board.