Dominika Cibulkova Quotes

Tension is the greatest curse in sport. I've never had any tension. You give the best you have - you win or lose. What's the difference if you give all you've got to give?

I think I've always had a decent perspective on wins and losses on the tennis court.

Everybody gets all worked up about trash talk but it is what it is - it's talk... You ask any player, honestly, if trash talk's gonna affect how hard they play, because if a little trash talk affects how hard they can play, it just lets us know that they were holding back or weren't playing harder or as hard as they could.

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.

You have to forget you are playing against your idol, because the guy on the other side also wants to play better than you and beat you. I don't think you should allow yourself to think like this when you go against any player.

No, I don't get nervous when I play basketball.

You don't want to let the other team feed off your outward physical demeanor. But at the same time, you can't go out and play this game and not expect to just be angry and be competitive and be excited and have that fire in your belly.

A lot of times when I'm confident and relaxed on the court, I'm going to be a pretty tough out. But when I'm not so confident and not so relaxed, I tense up and my balls fall short and everything. It just sort of unravels.

I don't do nervous, really. You always have to respect your opponent, respect the game of football, and be 100 per cent focused.

I don't really play off nerves. I just want to 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.

The bigger the game, the better I liked it. Not that I was about to let anybody know I was excited. I approached every game the same way. One pitch, one hitter at a time.

There were butterflies, otherwise, you're not really ready to play. The locker room, I remember, was quiet and we were very focused on playing that game.

When I was playing football, I always felt in complete control. When I play golf and come under pressure, it's a completely different ball game.

No - I'm quite calm inside during the game for most of the time - not 100%, but generally very calm.

I don't play to sweat, I play to win.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

Just because I keep getting close and don't win these Majors, I must not panic.

Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.

I know for me, when I'm on the court I'm totally different than when I'm off of the court.

I can't be impatient. It would show on the floor, and I won't compete if I'm thinking about getting the ball.

I don't like giving up hits and stuff, but I try not to show it. I don't want the hitter to see that something bothers me.

During the season, I'm always locked in one gear, ready to play basketball, always keeping my guard up.

Every time, the mindset I get when I get on the floor is that I'm the best player on the floor.

We try not to let pressure get into our heads and play the way we usually do.