Sourav Ganguly Quotes

Michael, to me, he was an assassin. He was one of those guys that prepared himself extremely well and was relentless in his attacking. And there are a few guys who have that mentality. I think Kobe Bryant has that type of mentality, and LeBron has that type of mentality.

We gotta play hard and leave it all out there. Dive for lose balls, take charges, just do whatever it takes to win the game.

I'm not a nice guy on the field, and I've never really respected a guy who's been a 'nice guy' on the field. I want opposition to be hard, to play to win the game for their team.

I'm a finisher. I'm a shark, and if I see blood, I'm gonna finish you.

You have to try to win the ball at all costs and if someone doesn't get it quite right people get injured.

We won't necessarily sledge so much but we do have that attitude of 'They're not going to score the runs, we're going to take the wickets.'

People say I'm cold, that I'm impersonal on the court. Well, let me tell you, it's blood and guts out there.

The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.

I don't play to sweat, I play to win.

Roddick has good presence on the court and has so much adrenalin.

I've said many times, 'You learn to win through not liking to lose.' And that's what I mean by learning how to win.

My goal is always the same: to keep the other player from ever scoring a point. That doesn't always happen, but that's what I try for.

When I go, I go hard.

Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.

You get into sports with the idea that you want to win. If you aren't trying to win, what's the point in being involved?

I'm a quiet guy, but on the pitch, it's different. You have to do everything you can to win and help your teammates.

Uruguayans are competitive, and we always want to win. Even though we try to hide it, it is impossible.

I have a huge desire to win. That is why I am aggressive in a positive sense on the field.

My mentality is that I play football to win. You have to do everything you can to win. The most important thing is that you leave nothing out there on the pitch.

You can win, but you have to show that you win with the idea of playing good football.

Whenever I play against Arsenal - and this is just a personal thing - I go up and think 'let me whack the first one, then we will see who wants it.'

If you want to be that world champion, you have to be willing to beat anybody on this planet - no strings attached.

You try to make sure you have respect for the opposition but still play to win and play hard cricket.

I pitch to win.