Ray Nitschke Quotes

I approach everything, including sobriety, with the same mentality I approached sports with. You're going to put in the time. You've got to suit up, show up, and keep your eyes on the win.

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.

I don't want to leave the field for a little thing. I try to be ready every day.

I've dominated past competitions, but I've sweated blood and tears for every medal. I take nothing for granted, and I'm fully focused on doing my best.

We all have to go into the game and play hard, no days off, no possessions off and when we get a little lead don't get comfortable.

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

What gets me upset about with the newer players is their lack of intensity. They tend to go through the motions a little bit. They don't understand that you've got to practice the way you play.

I've never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didn't have the right attitude, didn't give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it; wasn't prepared and didn't have the whole program worked out.

Before we can talk about a championship, we have to practice like a championship team.

If you win a championship, you win it doing many of the same things you had to do when we won championships. You have to be unselfish. You have to work very hard. You have to be resilient. You have to have a passion for what you do.

Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable, and that's how I expect to coach this basketball team. I am truly excited about this next phase of my basketball career.

The difference between mediocre, good and great is you're able to have the enthusiasm for prep, to work to prepare to win the same in January that you do in August, when everybody says they're excited.

What I have to do is train hard, be at the disposal of the coach and make the best of what I have here every day so when I'm called upon I'll be ready.

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

You got to attack every practice.

In football, you only work for the things you can control. You cannot control the outside world: you can only control your preparation; you can only control your performances.

It is not about being the greatest team in the world ever, it is about fighting for every run and wicket.

I know I have to be ready for every single ball, every pass, every challenge. Everything has to be at 100%.

A champion must be ready at all times.

My deal, I want to be the best to ever play the game and I try to bring that same energy for my team, laying it all on the line for them.

To win a championship, you need to win on the road.

Nothing guarantees a championship. Nothing. Not having the best players, not practicing the most. Your best chance is if you do the right thing every day.

In Juventus you learn to win.

In order to win a championship, you've got to be consistent.