Hank Aaron Quotes

You don't simply tell someone to get out there and win the tennis match. You say 'move your feet' or 'watch the fuzz on the ball' to really get into the Zen of it. You pull all that together, and then you just might hold up the Wimbledon Plate... It's not about winning first place but bringing every element of effort to whatever you do.

I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.

I just concentrate on my performance and the football.

You have to be ready for all the games and be at 100 per cent if you want to win in this League.

If you are a team that wants to win something, you have to play for 90 minutes with concentration and focus.

The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.

If I am not playing at one hundred percent, it is going to be very difficult for me to win.

Just like any other game we're taking on we've got to prepare, prepare hard, mentally, physically. We've been practicing hard.

You prepare yourself by concentrating on what you have to do out on the field.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

When I step on the field, it's on. I know it's time to go to work.

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

The concentration of the elite athlete is akin perhaps to the concentration of the writer.

Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.

Look at Bjorn Borg or Jack Nicklaus. Those guys really concentrate. With the world on their shoulders, they're so absorbed with what they're doing.

I just have to play my best game. Not think about anything else - that is the only concern I have and that we should all have.

Goals are what count for me. It's not about a battle with defenders. Fighting hard, giving everything and working hard on the field you have to combine with the goals you score. It doesn't matter if defenders want to battle with me or not; I will just be trying to do my job as well as I possibly can.

To win games, we need to be focused for 95 minutes. If not, you always pay in football.

I really don't care about stats. I don't care about any of that stuff. I just care about performing each and every weekend and helping my team win ball games.

I just line up, and I compete.

It's difficult to always perform well, to always go on the court and win and hit great shots. It takes a lot of time and a long learning process.

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

I have to devote my time and thoughts to training and playing.

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

If you are busy with a good performance, something you can control, then the chance to win the game is much bigger.