Jon Gruden Quotes

The biggest thing I think is, 'It's OK to care. It's OK to want to win and to be that team. To be upset when we lose.'

When I watch sport I like to see the likes of Wayne Rooney when they show a bit of passion. It shows they really care when they're playing for their club and their country.

I play cricket with passion. I just want to win games for the country.

I always root for the defense.

You can't love your team without hating another team.

I enjoy watching competitive people. You watch 'em come and you watch 'em go, and how they try to be the best. How they handle when they're not. How they handle when they are. How they get along together on the court.

I said to myself I've got to go up there and do it because the New York Mets keep winning every day. The game was on the line and I wanted to go out there and come through for my team. That win tonight means a lot for us.

When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.

A team sport is not very good for me, because I can't take losing.

Personally I just want to win a championship.

When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game.

We have to win that game. But we have to win every game, that's the way it's always been.

I grew up in athletics, where people keep score.

To be able to have winning in your blood growing up, whether it was pounding my little brother or trying to beat my dad in something, or just competing on teams with my friends, it was nonstop.

You know, I stopped being competitive after I played football.

I don't know, I always get the question 'how do you feel after the game today?' and, of course, if you're winning you feel great and if you lose you don't feel good. I think that's a pretty obvious question.

I just want to fit in and win games for my team.

We play fair and we play hard. If we win the game we win, if we lose the game, we lose.

I enjoy winning, but more importantly, I enjoy the people I'm around.

It was tough for me not to play, but it was cool. But it was tough because I'm a competitor, and I like to be out there with my guys. That's all it's about for me.

I am a football player. I like to win. And I am used to winning - quite a lot.

I live to be in these matches.

It's rule number one, really - beating your teammate.

I think I'm a crazy competitor when it comes to basketball.

To me, it's just another game of football - 11 players, a grass pitch. Regardless what shirt I have on, it's important you win the game, and I'm competitive as anyone, and I want to win every game, whether it's a Sunday league game, a five-a-side tournament, or a World Cup qualifier.