Dominique Wilkins Quotes

It's a very competitive thing, pro sports. The hardest thing in pro sports is staying up there.

That's what I want to do, to go out and perform back to the levels I know I'm capable of, the levels you can produce with consistent games and to win football matches.

You have to play your 'A' game in every single match and that's a good thing.

The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.

When you're playing the best player in the world, you've got to play well.

I'm just super competitive. Squash, tennis, water skiing, computer games... Even if I played you at pool, I'd have to win.

Very often, you can go into one game and do really well, and then you have to find that level of performance so quickly again.

Anybody plays a good match, you can beat anybody on a given day.

There are a lot of great athletes on the PGA Tour and a lot of good basketball players. But I can definitely put my name in the mix as one of the best.

I'd rather be able to play great tennis at a slam than make eight finals of little tournaments and then lose first round of a slam. That doesn't sound too good.

I always wanted to play against the best.

I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.

As long as I am able to compete physically with the younger players, I am going to play.

Nobody can walk on a track and beat me unless they have an extraordinary day and I have a bad day, which I keep from happening.

When you get to the big leagues, the talent pool is on such a level playing field, you have to find a way to separate yourself from incredibly talented guys. Especially when you go through the injuries that I've had, you come back, and you might not physically be able to do some of the things you used to do.

Always being champion, always being at the top every three days, playing great football - it's not that easy.

We always have great practices, and the competition is high, and the intensity is high; it's just about doing that now in a game and sustaining it for 48 minutes.

I think when you're a very good defensive team you give yourself a chance every night, on the road, at home, it's a big factor and something to build on.

It is important to start winning international tournaments early and get that mentality into you. Then, hopefully, you can take it on to the world stage.

It is a player's league until you lose.

I'm not just a footballer; I'm a top athlete, and we have to be at the top of our game.

There's no better way to start your career than by playing probably the best guy in the league.

I can dominate a game at any point.

If you can get your team to that point of being able to be in that playoff race mindset every week, that's something that most teams can't do.

Football is like a pyramid. It is easy to reach the top of the pyramid, but to stay there is the hardest part.