Steve Spurrier Quotes

Good players on good teams don't get too high, don't get too low. They're even-keeled, and they go about their business the right way.

It's important as a team that you don't get too excited with a win and you don't get too disappointed with a loss. You have to stay very steady, very focused on that middle ground.

I try to take everything in my stride and remain humble, and to enjoy playing as much as possible.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

Show me a good and gracious loser and I'll show you a failure.

Everybody gets frustrated when they lose. But at the end of the day I can control what I do. Whatever team I'm on, let's roll.

I've been in football a long time and one thing you don't do is when things are going well, you don't get carried away. And when they don't, you stay positive.

I'm a big believer in not getting too high when you are winning and not getting too low when things aren't going well.

For me, playing the game of football, obviously there's a lot of emotions going on. But I always like to keep calm and just be myself.

If someone drops a catch, and I get angry, will that catch come back to us? It won't. Therefore, it is better to be cool, because that helps in better performance.

Things don't always go your way in football: there are always good and bad times. At the end of the day, you have to have a positive attitude and a strong mentality and not let any setbacks get you down. And that's what I've done - I've tried to keep my composure, even when things aren't going the way I'd like.

Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Everyone has bad stretches and real successes. Either way, you have to be careful not to lose your confidence or get to confident.

And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble.

I'm someone who always comes on the court no matter what's going on in my life. It's all about basketball and my teammates and my team. I don't let any distractions in, and I bring my best every night, regardless of what's going on or what people are talking about.

The bigger the game, the better I liked it. Not that I was about to let anybody know I was excited. I approached every game the same way. One pitch, one hitter at a time.

Being cool is when you win, you don't get too happy; and when you lose, you don't get too mad.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success.

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.

I was born with a happy heart, and I try to keep a good attitude. It's not true that I'm happy all the time because nobody is, and we all go through our things.

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.

If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.

In the NBA, you win, and you think you're going to win tomorrow. But as soon as you lose, you don't think you're ever going to win again.

The only pressure I feel is how I can contribute to help my team win the match. Of course, there is always the pressure to score, but then doesn't it eventually help your team win? Frankly, I don't let these things affect me.

We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is - don't lose.