Oksana Baiul Quotes

A lot of things are out of my control, and that's all the other athletes. I can be the best I can ever be, and if there's someone better, they'll win the race. I'm aware of that.

I always played my best when I respected my opponent and was a little scared of them because they could beat me. Every game I played in college, that was the case.

No, I don't get nervous when I play basketball.

Some people seem to think football is like theatre and that everyone has to play the good guy. But I think that you transform when you cross the white line: you're not the same person as off it.

I don't have anything against United. Playing them won't make me run any faster or try any harder.

Learning how to compete is one of the most important things that an athlete can do. You can train as well as you possibly can and go compete and completely choke.

Every moment, every practice, every game, everywhere; I just love competing. Competition is in my DNA.

I don't really play off nerves. I just want to win.

I just keep my eyes open and focus on the things I'm not good at and what makes other people better than me - technique and things outside the Octagon.

Tennis is a very interesting world. It's a sport of opportunities, but it's a sport of challenges as well. And for anybody to continue to progress, they have to understand what those challenges are.

I am coming to the part of my career where I want to play more football.

Having your competitiveness and your desire as an athlete called into question is, for sure, frustrating.

I was a player in the Arena League, I was building relationships with that internship.

I'm not scared of anyone. I don't care whether you are a jiu-jitsu fighter or a wrestler or a stand-up fighter: I want to put myself against you, and I want to see who is better. And if you are the guy that is going to beat me, I'm going to take that loss like a man and go back, and I'll work on me self. That's how I look at fighting.

I have always and will continue to put myself in the mix at the end of every tournament. That's what I play for.

The only thing I could do better than Peyton was run.

As a cricketer - or any sportsperson, for that matter - you like yourself to be tested and get better all the time.

I've played a lot of basketball during my life - and it's not always been good.

Coaches will say that it's not important for their team to run more, and they prefer to make games the right way. I want to make games only the right way and run 10 km more.

I'm about great competition. That's why I can have a great smile beforehand and connect with the crowd, and then, when I get in the ring, I flip that switch.

I realise that sometimes things go well and sometimes they don't. But it is very important for me I feel personally, even selfishly, the need to be playing football matches.

I am an athlete first and foremost, and it is vital for my competitiveness, my well being, and for my preparations for events during the European summer that I measure my performance against other athletes.

The guys who beat me didn't get 1,000 rebounds. I did. It's not my fault the other guys didn't play as many games.

My ultimate goal is whenever I go on the court, I just want to be known as one of the better players.

If you play hockey, you might as well win.