Mark Cavendish Quotes

We all deal with failure. If you're lucky to have a long career, it's part of the experience.

Life is easy when you're hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up.

Ups and downs will be happening; coming to the final and losing by a point or so should not matter.

You have to be able to bounce back and deal with disappointment, failure and weaknesses, and a lot of that happens behind the scenes for teams that are very successful.

Setbacks and fear are inevitable. The thing that distinguishes the ultimate successes from the ultimate failures is this: What do you do with them?

What people call success is only preparation for the next failure.

Life is a series of failures punctuated by brief successes.

Success is often harder to take than failure.

One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.

I've been very fortunate, because I've been involved in things that very often lead to obscurity. I was in some pictures that were not successful whatsoever. I think people admire persistence. People notice that I'm still there.

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.

Most days are not overwhelmingly successful in your life. And what really marks whether you're going to be successful is how well you deal with the bad days, not how well you deal with the good ones.

We all choke. Winners know how to handle choking better than losers.

Being able to go forward has been good, you know? I'm lucky to have that ability, to pressure guys and make them falter and wilt.

Not many people get up after a setback or two. But those who do make the impossible come true.

Some failures should not overshadow all the wins.

If there is ever one thing you learn as a professional footballer, you have a lot of critics and you have the chance to silence your critics.

I've been around the league for a while. I know the business of the league. Some stuff, like my mom said, you let it roll off your back like water on a duck's back. You keep moving on.

If you start badly, and the crowd get on your case, there is no way back. But if you start well and your confidence is high all that booing becomes music to your ears.

I wasn't thinking that I was going to go through my career undefeated. You expect to lose sometimes.

There's gonna be stretches where I don't play as well. People are gonna be talking bad about me and not always on my side and cheering me on.

You will get criticism throughout your career. All the best players have had it at some stage, and they haven't let it ruin their careers. I won't, either.

As important as hustle is, grit and resilience are equally as important because there's a lot of rejection in our business.

I admire anyone who can show they can dig deep. Ballesteros and Sergio Garcia, people who are obviously mentally strong. Or Graham Thorpe. He is your fighter. He's the kid who is bullied at school but will stand up in a fight when it matters.

I've been involved in a lot of victories and I've been involved in defeats.