Pete Carroll Quotes

I have many aspects of my game I need to improve, and that's what I am focusing on. I prefer not to say what they are in public - for me, it's a secret, and I just want to work hard.

We can't focus too much on the opponent, we have to focus on ourselves.

Usually if you haven't figured out how you want to play tennis yourself, it is hard to accept the failures of playing five sets.

Our number one opponents are not Liverpool, Arsenal or Manchester United. It is ourselves at Chelsea.

If I want to average 32 points a game, I can do that easily. It's just eight, eight, eight, eight. No problem. I can do that anytime. That's not being cocky. That's confidence.

When I go in to compete, whether it's gymnastics or anything else, I do my own thing. I compete with myself.

Yes, I'm the same grumpy Gautam who smiles very less on the field. I go very quiet before going into the match. I guess it works for me, though my team-mates keep telling me it is just a game.

The only one who can beat me is me.

I'm just trying to grow. That's one thing I told myself is, 'Don't worry about who people say is the best player.'

There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.

I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me. The only person I could prepare for events was me. And if I didn't play well, I didn't play well, and I wasn't going to compete.

People expect you to play your best, so I go through a routine to prepare myself so that I know I'm physically and mentally ready - prepared for the game.

If you ask another competitor, they may tell you they felt very competitive towards me. But I can tell you that my biggest competition was myself. There's only so much you can do, right? There is only so much energy that one has. My focus was on how do I get the best out of myself.

I am not the one who has to try to beat me.

I think preparing every week like it's the most important game in the world makes things a little easier once you get in situations where a lot more people are watching and it might be a lot more important for people outside of the building.

You have to go out there and focus on yourself and not who you are up against.

That's usually the way I am - I don't care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.

I prepare myself to fight; I prepare myself for myself.

Every player has to figure out what works best for them. So yes, I like the way I work, and if that gives me a competitive edge, that's great and if it doesn't that's okay too.

I feel as if I was to strike on one thing that I was decent at was mentally where I prepared myself strongly.

It is vitally important for me to concentrate on myself, on the work that I have to do on the track and off it with the engineers, without really thinking about what people are expecting from me on the outside.

I don't need to be told what I am or what I should do or if I beat this guy it means I'm good or if I lose to that guy it means I'm bad. I'm at peace with myself, and I know what I do every day in my training will speak for itself, and success will be a byproduct.

As a kid I lost my temper quite easily and tended to look away from the game itself. Now I know how to manage that and get the best out of myself.

I focus on myself and my teammates. I don't really care about what other people have going on, to be honest.

I always work on my mind and my game.