Apolo Ohno Quotes

I'm not an aggressive person, but obviously on the sporting field I'll do whatever it takes.

It's the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.

I wouldn't say I've changed at all. A lot of people will keep saying I'm a different person, especially when I go across those white lines. I think it's just the hunger and desire and passion I've got for the game.

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

The mentality we have in India is not very sporting.

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can't celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot get too down when you're losing, as in a few days you'll be in the next tournament and you'll have to be ready with that.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

I'm not in this sport to say a guy can beat me.

I hear people saying 'the way the game should be played'. Rubbish. That's the worst saying in football. You win the game, then worry about the way it should be played.

As a sportsman, you always play to win. Having said that, it's not possible to win every day. There will be days when you will do well and there will be days you won't.

Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.

What's a good tournament for him? Winning it. He's good enough.

I have always thought you could take the measure of a man by his sports manners - that is to say, the way in which he conducts himself on the playing field, or even over a game of chess or cards.

I'm slightly influenced by sport in that I like the idea of trying, like an athlete, to keep absolutely ready. That's an emotional thing, almost. I don't mean physically, although I play tennis. But you try to keep yourself ready.

I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.

Football is football and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference.

I do a lotta trash talking to keep me motivated, to keep me to not want to lose.

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

I probably went into sports with a sense of competitiveness and came out of it even more competitive.

Athletic competition clearly defines the unique power of our attitude.

When I first started playing team sports, I was a little too sweet for my own good. I'd be in tears because I wasn't doing well. But the healthy competition really toughened me up.

I would say I'm more traditional than I am superstitious. I don't, for example, have to do things ritually before the game in order to feel comfortable going to the game. But I don't think I'm naturally a football player. I don't have that grit and that killer instinct.

More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.

It is difficult to be yourself on court, as you become very involved in the match and very focused.