Juan Mata Quotes

Always do your best.

You have to look at yourself and make sure you give your best in training and in your performances. That is what I will keep doing.

I want to be a player that does everything he can to reach his ability, and I'll do that.

How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.

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.

I try to do my best.

If I put a statement about being the best interviewer into the universe, I must now live up to it, or at least be held accountable for it. Either way, I'm going to work that much harder.

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

I did not work hard in order to achieve more and to remain at the level of the player that I am and that I can be.

I just want to do the best I can every time.

My motto in life is 'if you give 100 per cent then no one can ask any more'.

Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.

You can never guarantee the wins but you can guarantee that you give it 100%. That way you can always look back and feel comfortable, as a player or a coach.

There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.

I believed and still believe that success is only part of the story. It makes you want to get better and better so as not to let yourself down and not to let the people down who like what you do and you don't waste your success.

Work hard and never make excuses.

You can achieve only that which you will do.

Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.

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

I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

I'm not afraid of working hard at anything, whatever it is. I just always want to be the best that I can.

I just find that the harder you work and the more effort you put into yourself, the better you'll be.

You know, I think it's so ironic that we're calling hard work, striving for excellence, don't blame others, you know, don't give up, that we're calling these, quote, 'Chinese values,' 'cause I always thought of them as American values.

I think that in order to get better as an athlete and to see whatever kind of results you're after, you have to make goals. Whether you write them down or tell someone about them, it's important to set goals for yourself in order to achieve any kind of success.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.