David de Gea Quotes

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.

I'm a strong person, and when I am not in the team, I can motivate myself to keep focused and be prepared for when I get called on.

I just have to stay focused and play football with a smile on my face.

There are always going to be critics. But I have got to go out there and do my job.

Believe in what you do and keep working hard and you can't take what people say personally, because if you do it'll eat at you.

I feel like I was born and bred to stay self-motivated. I'm not one of those people who ho-hums and feels sorry for himself when something's bad.

I think it was always there and it was maybe a matter of bringing it out. It was harder than I thought it would be and I had to try harder. I had to regain my confidence, maybe the most important thing. I have learned a lot to relax. I know what I can do now, and I do it.

Confidence comes from discipline and training.

I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.

If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.

I'm glad I'm a strong person.

Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems.

When I got to match point in the final I was afraid I'd be a little nervous, but I just said, You have to stay focused, just think about what you have to do.

In any situation, I'm going to be good.

Stay focused and stay determined. Don't look to anyone else to be your determination - have self-determination. It will take you very far.

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

You can't listen to every little thing that's bad or good said about you. I always used that - whenever I heard it, I used it as fuel to motivate me, man. That's how I was raised, whenever I came up.

And, honestly, if somebody wants to criticize me for not being a trainwreck, that's fine with me!

I don't lose sleep about what people say about me. It's football.

I'm one that doesn't let the pressure or any of the outside kind of scrutiny, all those things, really get to me.

I don't put much pressure on myself, because I'm strong mentally.

When you get 10-15 minutes, you can't be sad or angry with the coach. You just have to play your game and do your best. That is in my mind always.

I'm emotionally and physically ready for anything.

I don't worry about who they're putting in front of me. Why would I? That's just nonsense for me to waste my energy.

I think you've gotta believe in yourself, I think you gotta put in a lot of work off the court to make sure you're ready.