Barry Trotz Quotes

Playing in the playoffs is the best basketball in the world, and if you can learn under that pressure, succeed under that pressure, it gives you more confidence the next year.

To play in atmospheres that are intense is when I play my best football.

Once you win, you get used to winning, and that's not a bad thing.

I think winning games is my biggest asset, knowing how to win.

Many books have been written about what the X-factor is, what separates people who win big matches versus those who struggle. Some of it's innate, but there's a piece of it that's learned, embracing those moments.

Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out.

Each match I play is the most important one yet.

I'm not a guy that believes you've got to have a lot of experience to have success in the playoffs.

The real good teams and the real great teams find a way to win.

I just think winners win. And guys who won all the way through high school and college, the best player at every level, they have a way of making things happen and winning games.

There is no prize in sales for second place. It's win or nothing. The masters know this and strive for - they fight for - that winning edge.

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.

In the playoffs, the best players are supposed to play better. I did. It made no difference.

Win or lose, I'm going to leave everything on the mat. That's what gold medalists do.

Each game we play, every game is a championship-game mindset.

It's nice to say you have goals and that you want to win championships. But until you get thrown into the fire, you can't truly grasp what it takes to accomplish those goals.

All top players have an edge to them.

I think preparing every week like it's the most important game in the world makes things a little easier once you get in situations where a lot more people are watching and it might be a lot more important for people outside of the building.

There have been so many pivotal moments throughout my career, and I look back and say I really craved big moments - when your heart's pounding and everything is on the line.

As it is, in football if you are on top and winning games everyone wants to play well against you, put in more effort and beat you.

At all big clubs, there is pressure. They all want to win and expect to win.

At the end of the day it's better to be an unpleasant winner than a nice loser.

Whenever we're all getting ready for a playoff game, you know how serious those games are, and you try to motivate your guys. There's a lot of emotion that goes into those games, and when I play, it's all about winning, and it's all about doing whatever it takes to fire guys up and to get that emotion running.

Scoring a goal is always wonderful and gives any player confidence.