Brian McBride Quotes

There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.

I believe that anyone can become better, if you put in the effort.

You only get better by playing.

When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.

You have to keep trying to get better.

Winning is, of course, rewarding; who doesn't enjoy winning? But for me, it's about more than just winning: it's about knowing I'm putting in the day-to-day work to get a little bit better every time.

The more you do, the more you think, the better you get.

It's important for me to work hard and give 100 per cent in training to try to improve.

I just try to work harder and harder every day to improve and get better and better.

My game is getting better all the time. I'm consistently working hard, and I feel like I'm always doing the right things.

My coaches and I always stress getting better and working on all aspects, so I'm ready to fight and take it to the next level.

There is a lot of room for improvement for everybody, no matter who you are, so that is all I did, really: practice.

There's always room to improve, so I'm going to continue to improve on defense, offense, being consistent and continuing to play hard.

One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and work hard.

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.

When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best.

As I said this year, I didn't try to put any pressure on me by setting high goals or anything, I just want to make sure that every single time I'm out there on the court I do my best, I give 100%, and see where it's going to end up next year.

We're going to play better, and we're going to play harder.

Always do your best.

My duty, what I have to do, is try my best in every training session, leave everything of me on the pitch. That's how I can go to bed at the end of the day and be happy with myself.

The best players in the world are working so hard, I gotta work even harder.

I'm a firm believer that you can only get better by working hard.

I'm just going to try to play as best as I can.

I'm trying to get better every week.