AB de Villiers Quotes

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

My on-court temperament is totally to just win and destroy.

The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. He always wanted to close his own deal. He never talked to you because he was battling so hard. I sure as hell don't miss batting against him, but I miss him in the game.

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

People also think Christians are very passive people, and that drives me crazy as an athlete because if you watch me play and compete, I'm the furthest thing from passive that you'll see on the baseball field. I love to compete, and I love to win.

I was inspired by the way the Aussies played their cricket. It was no-holds barred. They played to win.

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

It's always like that with Italian teams, they're competitive, they know what they want and they know how to get it.

Once I get on the court - I've been on the court with my own brother before and tried to rip his head off, so that shows the kind of competitor I am.

We like to play with a chip on our shoulder.

It is not in the DNA of Juventus to think of a draw.

I do play with a chip on my shoulder. That's who I am. That's how Philadelphia basketball players are raised.

Alain will do everything in his power to win, he doesn't like getting beaten by anyone and least of all me.

To me, everything's competition.

Sometimes I can be misunderstood. I'm really competitive.

Stacy had this more fluid style. You meet him, he's just such a nice guy. Tony's an awesome guy too, but back then, he was a real aggressive kid and they were in such a different place. Stacy was so sensitive and at the same time so competitive when it came to his skating.

If you find my aggressive and dominating play dirty, then that's your opinion. But I would assume most people want someone who is going to do anything and everything within the lines to win for their team, because I know I would.

As an individual, I take every match seriously, no matter who I'm going to play.

I wasn't a point guard. I was a killer.

I think, when I'm on the court, I become with a killer instinct - a real Scorpio.

I've always played hockey to win, not to get shutouts.

I'm going to do anything to win. I'm just going to do anything to win.

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.'

That's one of the core qualities at Real Madrid - you've got to be able to win all the time.

I think growing up in England strikers are hungry to just get goals. We have a mean streak in us. We like to get goals.