Adam Thielen Quotes

There were always kids better than me. Because of that, I had to learn to be a role player and do my part.

I was disappointed in everything - my start and the team's start. People got down on me, but I never got down on myself. I still believed I could be the type of player everyone, including me, thought I was going to be.

My biggest problem will be lack of match toughness but I am a positive, optimistic person.

Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.

You have to believe in your process. You have to believe in the things that you are doing to help the team win. I think you have to take the good with the bad.

No matter all of your credits and accomplishments - you can be forgotten in a trice. The idea that you have to go back and start again after considerable success can destroy you if you're not strong. I never lost track of who I am and what I can do, because I continually find things to do, but not everyone has that resource.

People could tell me I was not good at something and, even if I wasn't, I told myself I was.

Everybody gets frustrated when they lose. But at the end of the day I can control what I do. Whatever team I'm on, let's roll.

Tempers flare at times. That's what good teams do: they react to things and go out there and leave it all on the field.

When things go bad, the best thing to do is keep working and keep coaching.

Sometimes shots just don't go my way, but for me in my growth and as a leader, it's important for me to stay aggressive.

I don't go crazy when I don't have my best game and say: 'Oof, I've lost my chance, I'm not going to play again.'

I was a team captain, I was the guy for the first couple years. And then all of the sudden I was just the backup. It wasn't easy. I think it would be easy to bow my head and feel sorry for myself, but I knew as a captain I had to be a great teammate.

People will try to bring you down, but you gotta go up.

If I don't score runs in 5-10 games, it doesn't mean that everything is lost. I know what kind of a player I am and what my capabilities are.

I go out there, and I know if I play my game, then I'm going to be all right.

There were, of course, ups and downs. But whenever my parents were knocked down, in business or anything else, they picked themselves up and started again.

I can always improve.

A lot of people put pressure on me, but I don't think I feel that type of pressure. It is more of a good thing that people are trying to do that.

It was frustrating when the managers would change; you'd go to the bench and try to work your way back into the team. But it makes you stronger.

You will always come across people who will put you down, but I am fortunate that my family are very uplifting and support me. I always know that at the end of the day I can go to them, and they will help me out.

I always try and be positive, even if I'm not starting games or in the frame.

Life isn't always great, but it's all about how we react to things.

I won't tell you that I've never been discouraged. Of course I have; as a human being, that's bound to happen.

I was one of those kids that my parents had faith in me and I had faith in myself. Anything anybody told me negative, I'd just brush it off and keep moving.