AB de Villiers Quotes

That's why I enjoy Davis Cup, and I really enjoyed college tennis. It's very special. You want to go out there and compete your hardest, because you don't want to let anyone down. You want to absolutely give it your all for your team. And that's sort of the mentality I've taken to pro tennis.

You're looking for players whose name on the front of the sweater is more important than the one on the back. I look for these players to play hard, to play smart and to represent their country.

I think that from the time you start playing sports as a child you see that your responsibility to your team is to play the best that you can play as an individual... and yet, not take anything away from being part of a team.

There's a place in my heart for every team I played on.

When you become an athlete, you live in this bubble. You're in the world, but you're not in the world.

I would have come to play at United for absolutely nothing if I'd been given the chance - everyone I played with at the time would have done that, too.

I think it's important at the end of the day you know obviously playing in the NBA is a great thing, but representing your country at the highest level is something totally different.

You hate missing games. You hate leaving your teammates out there.

I just want to enjoy my football and hopefully that brings success to the team.

When I put on the U.S. jersey, I play for myself, I play for my family, and I play for the team. That's really all I do.

I concentrated on politics and movies because cricket was taken away from me. But the world knows Sreesanth as a cricketer, and I, too, like to be remembered as a cricketer who gave everything on the field.

I will play for my country until my legs won't allow it or the national coach doesn't call me.

When I am playing for my country, there is not a single match that I can take lightly.

You give everything you have, build friendships within your team - in international football, you give everything for your country and play in a way that you hope connects with the fans.

Olympic athletes are a different breed. We're not dealing with million-dollar contracts. We don't do the sport for those deals. We do the sport because we love the challenge, the battle. We love to be an American.

It was a privilege to enjoy the national team and be part of a group that gave so much to our country, wear the shirt with great people.

Of course, not everyone's going to get on but when you crossed that white line it didn't matter. For those 90 minutes it didn't matter what else was going on, we'd do anything to win.

I've played with some of the best players in the world, and I've loved every minute of it.

Although more teams are going full-time professional and there's more money involved, our main incentive is simply to play for the love of the game.

I want good players around me because it's all about winning.

Every player needs to be happy and proud to play for Cameroon.

The Patriots do a great job of establishing a common rhetoric of working hard and working for the men that stand next to you on the field.

I really enjoyed being with my teammates and representing Mexico, but I didn't go where I wanted to go.

I just want the team to win, no matter what the cost is.

I think every NBA player is trying to prove himself every day.