Hank Aaron Quotes

I like to relax; of course I do! But when I am inside the pitch, that is it. You have to go on full on from the first minute.

The bigger the game, the better I liked it. Not that I was about to let anybody know I was excited. I approached every game the same way. One pitch, one hitter at a time.

During the season, I'm always locked in one gear, ready to play basketball, always keeping my guard up.

For me, every tournament is important, and I feel that if I don't go into them with 100 per cent focus, I will not be ready for the Grand Slams.

I've got the same mentality every time I step on the floor - play my hardest and just be locked in.

I approach every game with the same level of seriousness.

Everyone wants to beat us. So you can never take a single game lightly.

For me all games are finals.

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 don't ever want the players to relax in a game.

The best way I knew how was to give 110% and want it more than them, and walk on the court and every moment of the match feel like it was the end of the world, in a sense. So that worked for me in a lot of ways. There were times that it hurt me, but for the most part, it helped me.

As I always say - you have no feelings when you are on the pitch. You are there to play, to give the best for your team.

People sometimes have a false view of track and field, that it's kind of soft and kind of friendly. And guys aren't necessarily laughing and joking, but everyone's just friendly and 'ha ha, he he.' I just came in and just was like, 'Nah, I don't know what y'all talking about, but every single time I step on the line, I'm trying to win.'

At the end of the day, I play baseball, and I don't let anything else get in my head.

I'm going to compete every possession.

What's important to us is developing the habit of playing harder than our opponent every night.

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

A lot of people in the NBA don't even take the game serious or take the same approach that I do.

I really enjoy being in the game for every single ball.

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

I'm definitely not joking around on set.

I'm about great competition. That's why I can have a great smile beforehand and connect with the crowd, and then, when I get in the ring, I flip that switch.

We need to play between the whistles. That's what tough competitors do. They don't run their mouth.

You can't feel your way into an Ashes series, you have to be switched on from ball one. That's just me in a nutshell.

When I played ball, I didn't play for fun.