Ruben Loftus-Cheek Quotes

I'm not afraid of any competition. I'm not going to be intimidated by any player or team. That is fundamental in football if you want to do well.

We try to keep our heads cool and our chins up to win every weekend. Sometimes it works better than others but you have to focus on the positive side so for that next game you still have the right state of mind.

As a playing group you don't go into the game thinking about whether you're the underdog or not.

When I stepped on the court, I expected to win, no matter who I played against.

There's no sense in going to a tournament if you don't believe that you can win it. And that is the belief I have always had. And that is not going to change.

If I'm not Top 10 or seeded every tournament, it really doesn't matter. I can beat anyone on a good day.

When you get on the floor, you've got to think you're the best player. Everybody does that.

It doesn't really matter to me whether you start or not. I play a lot of fourth quarters. I think that's what's most important to me. I think that's what I've always cared about, just having an opportunity to finish games when it's really winning time.

I think competing gets overlooked sometimes. The competitiveness that you bring to a game and an at-bat, it can go a long way. It really can.

Most pro athletes are super competitive, super clutch, and they don't want to lose at anything.

My dad taught me, like, no matter what, when I go out and play against these bigger players, just to be myself. I knew that I was good enough and that I had the ability to. I never shy away from anyone, and I don't think anyone should.

I can play against anyone; I can win against anyone.

I can play against a player like Messi; I don't fear anybody. I just play my game.

Every game I play, I try to make sure I get something out of that match. So as a cricketer, I feel you have to move forward and keep believing in your ability.

My mentality will never change, whoever I am competing with.

I just have to go out there and play the right style of game and believe I can win.

I don't do nervous, really. You always have to respect your opponent, respect the game of football, and be 100 per cent focused.

My players have to be competitors before footballers. They don't pull out of tackles in training. It's full-tilt and if we pick up injuries, we pick up injuries. They have to give everything on the pitch and leave it all out there.

I think, of course, when you are coming somewhere, when you know you are playing good tennis, it always helps you.

I approach every match with that mindset, that this guy is trying to beat you, and it will change his life if he does.

I go into every game thinking I'm going to be the hero. I have to, or I wouldn't enjoy it.

You have to believe in yourself. Belief is one of the biggest things in football. If you believe you can win the Premier League then of course it can happen.

I don't put pressure on myself. I just compete.

Your ability to be a winner 100 percent of the time is based upon giving up the notion that losing at anything is equivalent to being a loser.

I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.