Luka Modric Quotes

The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax.

Since I became a favorite in every race, it's just another burden that I have to bear.

Anyone who's good on any week, makes you want to go out there and beat 'em.

We have to keep winning and looking good and keep fighting the best competition out there.

You've got to want to compete with the best of the best and when the pressure's on.

It's always a good situation to have the target be on you because that means you have been playing well.

It was nice to have success in the SheBelieves Cup, but that just brings more pressure.

It's very easy when you have someone in front of you that you can chase. You want to be No. 1 but now I feel like I have to play well because everybody looks at you as a best golfer. So that's why I put more pressure on myself.

Everyone's set the bar really high and expects me to be brilliant.

You have got to pay attention, you have got to study and you have to do your homework. You have to score higher than everybody else. Otherwise, there is always somebody there waiting to take your place.

Success, however you judge what that even means, brings with it certain pressures.

There's a lot of pressure on kids, period, just to be successful in life.

I think that somehow I got the notion that I had to be successful, to be the best in the world.

If you demand the best, sometimes you get it.

I think the stress of being No. 1 in the world is more of a motivating factor for me just because I don't want to lose it.

I've always had a lot of pressure on myself, but I'm not going to lie, I feel a lot of pressure to give the fans everything they expect plus more.

I think at a club like Liverpool you always feel a bit of pressure. You should. But it doesn't bother me.

I think if you play for Chelsea you have to deal with the pressure, everybody knows the expectations.

I think that is when guys are at their best: when you put pressure and have something to work towards and have something to compare yourself to or try to best them, it really does make you better.

A lot of people say second seasons are harder than the first because people are now expecting you to do stuff, so yes, that's down to me to work hard and try and improve and, like I say, just letting my football do the talking.

It is hard sometimes, we live in a world where results and all these things matter.

We want to be better than 7-9. Honestly, 7-9 is not going to cut it.

If I follow the media and everyone that tries to set expectations for me because I'm a high draft pick, if I follow that, I will never become a great player.

Every time there's a competition, I want to be able to dominate it.

From a very young age people have been touting me as a world champion. So it can be tough, playing in the spotlight and people expecting big things from you all the time.