Francisco Javier Gomez Noya Quotes

Sometimes in the Champions League, I don't think it's always the best team that wins it. It depends on how you play on a certain day.

As a team, you try to win - you try to push in as many overs you can - but that's how it's played.

You could have the best run of your life and lose a race because somebody has a better day. Or you could have the worst run and win.

I'm in a sport where, on their day, anyone can beat anyone else if they are at the top of their own game.

You have to know how to score.

The records fell easily at first. Dozens of seconds peeled away with every running of a course, and I could hardly wait for the next chance to improve.

In the game of football, you can never be too sure of anything.

Finishing races is important, but racing is more important.

When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it.

A lot of times when I ran, to be honest, I didn't know where I was in the race. So I always was looking up at the scoreboard to say, 'Just call my name to see where I am,' because I tried to have such tunnel vision not to distract myself.

Every lap is different.

During the season, you just grind, it's a cat-and-mouse game.

Sometimes a team plays very well but doesn't manage to score, while another team comes and scores. But then, that's how football is.

You're only out there for 90 minutes, and you have to give it everything you've got. It's a game of football, at the end of the day.

In football, things change quickly.

There's a lot of games played, a lot of snaps played over the long haul.

This is football, no more explanation, sometimes the best team does not win.

The World Cup is a competition in which everything needs to work to your advantage. Players need to be fit, decisions have to go in your favour, and details such as a red card can cost a team dearly.

The target is to win football matches.

In boxing and politics, you cannot predict results. You should be ready to go 12 rounds. But if you win in the first round, you should be ready to be the winner quickly.

David Haye was a better fighter than me, but it's not about the better fighter because the better fighter does not always win.

I like a little pressure. That's how football goes.

Sometimes in football, the best team does not necessarily win; it's the team that plays best on the day that prevails.

In cycling, you just race. When you get to the finish, you see the result.

If we went to the Tour, I'd have to think, what would our purpose be? Would it be to win the Tour de France? I'm not sure I want that pressure.