Manuel Pellegrini Quotes

It's very easy when you have someone in front of you that you can chase. You want to be No. 1 but now I feel like I have to play well because everybody looks at you as a best golfer. So that's why I put more pressure on myself.

Wanting more majors, wanting more wins, almost feels like I think I'm being too greedy.

Winning in my business is everything.

I've been fortunate Daytona is a place I've run better than anywhere else, and that's a big race. Maybe it has to do with attention and pressure and the drive to do well when a lot of people are watching.

If you start thinking of the Super Bowl championship as your motivation, you are going to miss the trees for the forest or the forest for the trees. I never could understand that one.

When you look at myself, I'm a coach, and that's what it's all about. When you're a player, you get criticized, and when you're a coach, you get criticized even more because it's about wins and losses.

I'd much rather have that pressure than be at the end of the field and no one expecting you to win. That's the kind of pressure that you've got to enjoy and love.

I think the stress of being No. 1 in the world is more of a motivating factor for me just because I don't want to lose it.

To be a winner, you've got to be an appraiser. You've got to be able to play at your best under pressure. And more money creates more pressure. Money is the finest fuel in the world.

We're all trying so hard to win each of these World Series events and the standard now is phenomenal but it's great that everyone's pushing each other.

There comes a point when you realise that you're storming forward, that you can beat anyone, and this is what has ended up winning us the league and putting us in two finals.

Always, if you win prizes and are successful, of course expectations are higher, at Bayern especially.

When you are in the second position and you want to be champions, you are always under pressure.

It is hard sometimes, we live in a world where results and all these things matter.

If you win the Carling Cup, it can give you confidence, and sometimes, when you haven't won a trophy, you become scared of winning.

I think expectations are a good thing. As a player, you should embrace them and not shy away from them.

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.

We try our best and we want to come out on the top at the end of the season.

It isn't just about winning the championship and I don't think you should be defined by that.

My aim is to be a winner.

I want to help my team win, and this is a winning organization, so there's no added pressure.

If starting games in a club like Manchester City and winning two titles isn't enough, too bad. I won't regret anything.

It is a proud moment to lead England out any time you do and on a world stage it gives it an extra oomph as well but it will be down there with the biggest lows if we don't win.

We feel pressure from every angle to meet expectations, but the pressure also pushes us in a positive was as well.

Every time I go on to the court, people expect me to get a medal. It is tough, and I can't win always, but I still have to go out there and give my best.