Retief Goosen Quotes

You win a race, the next race it's a question mark. Are you still the best or not? That's what is funny. But that's what is interesting. And that's what is challenging. You have to prove yourself every time.

Since I became a favorite in every race, it's just another burden that I have to bear.

I've said before that when you win, people think it's so easy, but it's not so easy to handle it, and probably I expect myself to always play so good.

It's very easy when you have someone in front of you that you can chase. You want to be No. 1 but now I feel like I have to play well because everybody looks at you as a best golfer. So that's why I put more pressure on myself.

The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax.

I've been fortunate Daytona is a place I've run better than anywhere else, and that's a big race. Maybe it has to do with attention and pressure and the drive to do well when a lot of people are watching.

Once you have had success there are always people focusing on why it happened. Inevitably, there is a lot of scrutiny when you don't achieve the same again.

A lot of people say second seasons are harder than the first because people are now expecting you to do stuff, so yes, that's down to me to work hard and try and improve and, like I say, just letting my football do the talking.

From a very young age people have been touting me as a world champion. So it can be tough, playing in the spotlight and people expecting big things from you all the time.

You've got to win. You've got to win to be respected in this league.

I think every time you step on the field you have a certain amount of pressure on you to succeed.

When you play for United, you have to perform every week.

The Olympics was always my be-all and end-all, so when I won, it was the best feeling in the world. But I didn't realise how much it would affect me mentally. All that pressure. I was only 19; I still didn't know everything about taekwondo, I wasn't experienced. I just did amazing on that day and won.

When you come to a club like Liverpool, you need to perform straight away and consistently.

Every time I go on to the court, people expect me to get a medal. It is tough, and I can't win always, but I still have to go out there and give my best.

It was nice to have success in the SheBelieves Cup, but that just brings more pressure.

Since the Olympics in London, people say, 'Greg's won again. That's what we all expect. Of course he wins.'

I wasn't sure I'd ever win again. Every time I got close, somebody seemed to play a little better.

You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform.

At the same time, it makes me feel like I have to prove myself to the new guys coming in as well as prove myself to the coaching staff, which is a good bit of motivation for me.

Everyone's set the bar really high and expects me to be brilliant.

Winning a Grand Slam changes everything. There is so much off-court stuff to deal with. And there are expectations of keeping it going that make it tough.

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

People judge you by the way you play in the playoffs.

I was World Series champion in individual and synchro for the first time which was awesome.