Robert Whittaker Quotes

I learned what I need to do in the long jump, what I needed to do in the javelin and I've been able to rectify those events. It's been a bit of a learning curve, which is good.

I have been training since 8th grade, but it has to do with listening, more than practice.

I have MMA strengths, but I need to build on my weaknesses.

Training with world-class players week in, week out has only made me a better player and I'm thankful for that.

To be able to perform at a high level, to be able to do things that no other fighter can do, you have to practice it. And the only way you can practice is by sparring, by fighting another man.

As I get better competition, I guarantee that more finishes are gonna come, because I'll really get to use more of my skill, rather than me knowing that I'm so much better than the guy.

I'm working with elite players, and they test and challenge you.

I want to train with whoever is the best.

Playing with some of the best players in the world, you're going to get better every day.

But once you get accepted and are trained under the best coaches, these things really help boost your confidence level.

I have my coach, Urijah Faber. He's watching me do everything pretty much all the time. I'm training or grappling or sparring live. He's over there making adjustments. He's really hands on, so that makes a big difference.

I train great outside of camp but then once camp starts, it's just a constant weight cut.

In golf your strengths and weaknesses will always be there. If you could improve your weaknesses, you would improve your game. The irony is that people prefer to practice their strengths.

I try to take what's given to me and then mold it to be a better football player.

Good players can take coaching; great players can take coaching and learn.

There are things that I need to do better, and I need to get to a point where it's hard to not have me on the court.

I learned a lot in my last year at Livingston and even more since coming to Leeds, as a player and on the sports science side.

I'm sure I frustrate the trainers - in fact, I know I frustrate the trainers to no end. But I think there's a very fine line. I listen to their advice. I take their medical expertise very seriously. But then I also, the reason I am where I am, the reason I play the way I play, is because I push beyond normal.

By training with some of the world's finest footballers and manager, I feel I have matured in all areas - mentally, physically, and technically.

I've tried to improve - defending, attacking, pressing, trying to think before a game, to be more clever, do something before the defender can think of it, to become a better player. That makes me feel good, that hunger to improve in every way.

I remember how I, too, was part of the Azlan Shah tournament for the first time in 2005. After that, I went to the Junior World Cup. I remember how much I benefited from the exposure.

As a young player, the more games you play and the more you work every day with good players, of course you will improve.

Paul Nixon taught me to break a run chase down into little targets. I suppose I stole his cues and took them into my own game.

I improved enormously, on and off the pitch, over that year at Swansea.

Go out and do your drills that you do to try to get better. You lift your weights, try to take things from the classroom to grass, try to get better every day.