Ashley Young Quotes

You've got to be a little vicious. You've got to be narcissistic. You've got to be on fire about your career.

There's no sense in going to a tournament if you don't believe that you can win it. And that is the belief I have always had. And that is not going to change.

I can be aggressive at times. I didn't get to where I am by being a pushover, O.K.?

When you get on the floor, you've got to think you're the best player. Everybody does that.

If you want to win the game, you have to be aggressive.

I am who I am. Chip on my shoulder? I was just born with the mentality to go win.

That's why I won: because I believed I had a chance.

If you want to win you have to attack, so I'm not gonna stop attacking.

We need to go into every game believing we are going to win.

Nothing comes easy. I'm OK with that. If I think I'm the best guy, I should be able to beat anybody.

I'm very competitive. When I was, like, four, I would see a Shake 'N Bake commercial and see a little girl on that and think, 'I can do that. I might be better.'

I'm somebody that has a very big competitive edge and a chip on my shoulder.

I mean, I'm very, very competitive.

When it comes to my work, I'm fearless. I go with my gut.

You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.

I feel like I have as good a shot as anybody out there and I have gotten close in the past, so why not have the attitude that I can come out and play great tennis and maybe even win this tournament.

I'm an aggressive person.

You gotta know that you're better than anybody, 'cause to me, if you don't go in like that, you're gonna lose! They're gonna punk you out! On any stage, court, business venture, on the anchor desk - whatever. You've got to go in believing, 'I can do this better than anybody.'

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.

This year I guess I decided in the bigger matches to take it more to my opponent instead of waiting a bit more for the mistakes. Yeah, this is I guess how you want to win Wimbledon, is by going after your shots, believing you can do it, and that's what I was able to do today.

Four years ago maybe we thought we were inferior to Brazil, subconsciously we didn't see ourselves beating them. Now we believe in ourselves, we can be on the pitch with any team in the world and think we can win.

With Australians we're saying we're going to win before we start playing and pretty much keep on saying that.

My whole career has been a landmark. So I don't think about the pressure too much. I just go out and do, because I believe in it.

I believed in what I was. I didn't believe that would translate into any of the five championships. But I knew that I could affect the game.

When I'm at my best, I'm ready to hit from pitch one. When I go up there and I'm passive, I'm not as successful.