Nico Hulkenberg Quotes

For a player with his talent, it is about doing it consistently week in, week out and over 90 minutes.

It's not that difficult to win. It's more difficult to win consistently and stay on top.

I need to maintain my performance levels high for many seasons. I hope I can do that.

If I get a lucky win, it is difficult to sustain that over time, so we have to maintain a style.

There's a lot of guys that are able to perform for a short period of time. It could be a week, it could be a month, it could be two months, it could be one season. It's doing it over and over. And being consistent was something that watching Patrick Roy all these years, that's what he was. He never had down years.

Continuity is one of the hardest things to come by in the NFL.

We need to be regular and have consistency during the whole season.

I want to be that consistent all year. I want to play the same way all 82 games. I want to be consistent every night.

I've learned over the years that when it comes to success, consistency is key. Consistent hard work that we may not like doing today, but for a payoff we'll love tomorrow. Earn it. Enjoy it.

Everyone starts strong. Success comes to those with unwavering commitment to be at the end.

I wasn't a washout before, and I'm not a phenomenon now. I'm a player who, when he's called upon, is almost always there.

To be successful, you need results in a row. You can't win, lose, win, lose.

There's a lot of guys who can bowl 150 km/h when you give them the ball when they're fresh in the morning, but can they do it late in the afternoon when it's boiling hot and they're bowling their 20th over for the day? I want to be able to do that and I want to be the only guy who is able to do that.

Excellence is a high performance over a long period of time. That's what I've tried to focus on.

It is no good being good in halves of games or in one game and not in the next one.

The most important thing with me is consistency.

Continuity is very important for national teams.

I've always kind of been a guy that's played the whole season.

I wasn't about one season, but career and longevity.

The biggest thing for me is I want to be consistent.

Anybody can do something one time. You have a great year because everything goes right. But can you maintain it and sustain it for a long period of time as Coach Carroll did and Coach Saban?

I'm fortunate in one way and I can take pride from the fact that I've consistently performed for 10 years, which is something that not many people can do. I've consistently stayed near the top for 10 years which is maybe something that is overlooked and taken for granted.

The team that can be consistent - for the most part all year - is going to be the team that is going to get into the playoffs.

It's about consistency.

That's what defines the best athletes: being capable of showing up year after year at the highest level.