Mark Cavendish Quotes

I'm a sports junkie, and I am interested in athletic will - how you exceed the expectations of your own performance when it counts to deliver something beyond yourself so that you can win.

I always just wanted to play my game, minimize mistakes so I had the best chance to make a roster.

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

I cannot see a situation when I won't feel pressure to play well and win.

When you start off a new tournament, you want to do well.

Some people don't like competition because it makes them work harder, better.

Essentially, I am a dreamer. I've dreamed all my life. When I started, I dreamed I'd be Champion because it is a sport that is all about the people who win the most, and I have a fear of not winning.

As a competitor, you have to learn pretty quickly how to deal with pressure.

I would say I'm more traditional than I am superstitious. I don't, for example, have to do things ritually before the game in order to feel comfortable going to the game. But I don't think I'm naturally a football player. I don't have that grit and that killer instinct.

The power of fear of failure, with will to win, is an incredible force. I don't think we should be worried about having a fear of failure; I think it's quite natural. If you surveyed any top businessman or any top athlete, I bet if they were truthful, they would all say they've got a fear of losing and a fear of failure.

As far as the anxiety, I have no idea about it. I don't feel like I have any nervousness out there. I'm just a guy who really cares about being competitive and that's the bottom line.

When I do something, I want to win. If I lose, I feel bad.

I learned, for me to play at my best, I need to play with an edge.

I think something that has separated me from the rest of the competition - maybe it's just my way of thinking - I don't necessarily go into fights just wanting to win but to actually dominate. So when I don't feel like I dominate, sometimes I feel like a loser, I guess, you know, maybe in that perspective.

When I got into this sport, I thought all I had to do was beat people and finish fights, and everything else would take care of itself.

Learning how to compete is one of the most important things that an athlete can do. You can train as well as you possibly can and go compete and completely choke.

Personally, I take it really seriously and it bothers me when I don't play well.

Some players need pressure to get the best out of themselves.

People used to talk to me about that and say, 'Rom doesn't play with passion.' I do, but I don't show it too much because in my mind, I'm a guy that thinks a lot about how to win the game. Sometimes I let the emotions just come now, and it helps me.

Normally, if I don't qualify as well as I think I can, I seem to carry a little chip on my shoulder for the race, and that normally helps me out.

If you're competing right, if you're doing it right, competition should be a very selfish pursuit.

I shriek when I am climbing at my absolute limit, but never shriek in the warm-up or when trying the moves. No matter how terrible it might sound, it helps me.

It's shocking how little there is to do with tennis when you're just thinking about nothing except winning every point.

What I want out of tennis is not necessarily just winning.

Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out.