Lou Williams Quotes

I approach every match with that mindset, that this guy is trying to beat you, and it will change his life if he does.

You are anxious before every game because you had to win it. If you didn't you went down the ladder. I felt proud of the way we beat some teams in tough games.

I think I've always been a player who's done better in the second half, who's done better in the fourth quarter. That's the fun time to play, when everything you've worked for the whole game boils down to those last few possessions.

If you're going to win games, you're going to have to come up with the big hits. That's the bottom line.

Look at guys like Larry Bird and George Brett and John McEnroe; that's what they did in their careers. They all wanted to be the guy under the microscope late in the game or late in the match. So you just take on that know-how that that's part of your responsibility, and you learn that's what makes it exciting. That's what makes it fun!

My goal is always the same: to keep the other player from ever scoring a point. That doesn't always happen, but that's what I try for.

If I'm not Top 10 or seeded every tournament, it really doesn't matter. I can beat anyone on a good day.

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

I think competing gets overlooked sometimes. The competitiveness that you bring to a game and an at-bat, it can go a long way. It really can.

Not missing games, miss one game due to injury in my career, and that even hurt me to miss that game, but I just love to get out there and compete, both ends of the ball, and I don't think I'm afraid to take the big shot. If I'm 2-for-15, I'm not afraid to take that shot, make it 3-for-16.

When I see somebody, I try to beat him on both ends of the floor. It's the game within the game that you've always got to win. That's always been my mindset. That's how I was taught how to play the game. That's how I learned. And that's what I enjoy.

Just got to win games. You've just got to find ways to win games.

Everybody wants to play late, everybody wants to be clutch.

I don't really care about my game, honestly. I just want to win.

I just have to go out there and play the right style of game and believe I can win.

People used to talk to me about that and say, 'Rom doesn't play with passion.' I do, but I don't show it too much because in my mind, I'm a guy that thinks a lot about how to win the game. Sometimes I let the emotions just come now, and it helps me.

I won't be intimidated by any player or team, I think that is fundamental in football if you want to do well.

We have to be able to go deep in games and save those guys in the pen for down the stretch.

It doesn't matter if it's preseason or a scrimmage. I'm trying to have a dominant performance, whether it's preseason first series or whenever I get out there.

When time is running out and the score is close, most players are thinking, I don't want to be the one to lose the game, but I'm thinking, What do I have to do to win?

When you step onto that field, you cannot concede a thing.

Tennis is more than just shots. It's about being clutch and beating the people on the other side of the net.

When I come into a tournament, I'm expecting to win. That's my philosophy. I can't go to a tournament thinking, 'I'm going to get my ass kicked today, so I might as well leave.'

I go into every game thinking I'm going to be the hero. I have to, or I wouldn't enjoy it.

Stats are for losers. I like winning games.