Mithali Raj Quotes

I wanted to emulate my parents - Mum captained India in basketball, and Dad won a bronze in hockey in 1972 Olympics. My focus has always been to achieve excellence whether in the field of tennis, in the corporate field, in the art of acting or in motivating youngsters.

The Olympics is about letting people believe in their own dreams.

I just want to play well, and I want to win.

I want to be the greatest player who has ever been at my position, the greatest player who has ever played.

Kids should be encouraged to compete.

As a sophomore, I wanted to play varsity in three sports. And I accomplished that. It was a great feat that year, and something I held special. I wanted to bring a championship team to Oceanside High School, and it happened. It was a great year that I will never forget.

Our athletes are our heroes.

I'm worried about doing my best, playing to my potential, helping out my teammates, and trying to win games for the Giants.

I'm not for the flashes; I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know. I just want to win, I want to be good at what I do, um, and look back upon these days of playing in the NBA.

The U.S. Olympic spirit award is an award that is given to an athlete who embodies the Olympic spirit in more ways than just on the playing field, in showing incredible perseverance, in overcoming obstacles, and what we wanted to do is have everybody can vote on-line.

Personally I just want to win a championship.

'What is success?' It isn't only about winning, but playing in a certain way.

I like to be just an athlete, but if I go to competition and compete, I love to be a star, maybe.

All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.

I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition.

That's what really motivates me: to make my coaches proud, my teammates proud, and the fans proud.

I'm excited to be a part of the Olympic movement again.

Never played football, but I'm an athlete. I'm a competitor.

I want my team to win and to be the best player I can possibly be.

I think there's a certain pride people have in competition.

I can honestly say that I never 'enjoyed' our meetings, but the respect I have for Peyton Manning as a competitor was, and will likely remain, second to none.

I don't want to surpass Messi.

I dreamt of playing in front of thousands of people as a kid, but I dreamt of playing in World Cup finals as well.

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.

I fell in love with scoring a lot of runs. I never felt 50 or 100 were enough.