Karl Malone Quotes

Whether we win 60 games or not, you build your habits back and get better that way. It may not be 60 wins, but you get better as a team.

So we take a lot of pride in that. It's really on us to turn this thing around. I think this last month we've done just that. We've pointed ourself in the direction that we want to be, and I think we're starting to head towards that. Right now we're in a nice rhythm.

It's fun leading this offense. I don't think we've hit our peak.

Each game we approach like a final. Today it was the opening game at home, we won and showed outstanding football qualities. We will be preparing for the next game the same way.

I care about this state... and I feel a responsibility to get things done. If we stay healthy and play smart we can be a playoff team. I think we're on the right track.

I just really just try to get better as a player every week, just focusing on the team we have to play this week, and just trying to do whatever is best for the team that week.

I believe in our players, our coaching staff, and our entire franchise.

To improve teams like Newcastle, if you do the right things, it is enough to be stronger and bigger and compete.

If you don't learn, especially if you are not playing well, then you are not going to move forward as a team.

I've played in a few Champions League matches and got into quarter-finals - sometimes unluckily knocked out - but you have to prepare like any other football match: you have to play the game, not the occasion. That's been instilled in me since I was a kid.

You really don't believe that winning at home or winning on the road makes a difference. The Lakers have that mind-set. They don't look at it as 'We're at home, we're on the road.'

You take it one game at a time because it's the most important game of the season.

Every time you step onto the field, you have to set goals. My goals are to either score a goal, to have an assist, or to play well.

I see each game as an opportunity to do well.

Everything in your preparation, in your mind is we're gonna win this game. You don't really even think of the other side.

I think confidence plays a massive part. If you go into a game confident, you will try things, and they will come off.

If you can keep getting better, we can set ourselves better standards every game.

Fifty points at home and 50 points away is unheard of as a team and I'd love to keep improving.

What we are here for is to improve, to work as a team, stay humble and work hard, trying to achieve the best performance that we can in every game.

We are not trying to reinvent the wheel. Sometimes it goes well, sometimes you have your off days. We have a way of going about things. Basically we are positive people trying to improve players and teams.

If you play at Anfield, for me, it's not a tactical game. It's to play with confidence, to trust the players.

When I played for Barcelona, I knew that some home games were going to be easier than some others, as the team had plenty of confidence. That confident mentality helped Barcelona players win games.

When I look back at my first few seasons in the NBA, we didn't dominate as a team. There were a lot of nights where we took a beating and got whacked across the head. But we got better along the way, and we started to taste the success. With that came the pressure and expectations to be successful.

I think how football works, the way you have to look at football, that is the difference between Leicester and Newcastle. There is big motivation here to keep growing and to get better here at Leicester. I didn't feel they had it at Newcastle.

Winning is important to give us confidence and assessing how the team is doing.