Howie Dorough Quotes

I was tested against the best.

With 'Idol' it's kind of just like 'OK, here's this competition - I need to do better than somebody else.'

People judge you by the way you play in the playoffs.

In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and be judged against everyone than come first and be judged against just a few.

All my life, everything has been a contest.

When you're playing for Real Madrid, even when you're playing well, you're under scrutiny.

When you are the manager, you want to win.

It is hard sometimes, we live in a world where results and all these things matter.

You're paid to perform. There is an outcome to a game and it doesn't matter how many goals you score. If you don't win, you don't have a good time.

Sometimes, it doesn't matter if you're the world champ or not.

From a very young age people have been touting me as a world champion. So it can be tough, playing in the spotlight and people expecting big things from you all the time.

The expectations are high, so we know: If we do not meet them, there is criticism. We have high expectations ourselves. We are not happy with fourth, third, or second, either.

We do the best we can and the great thing about this sport is every two weeks you know whether it is good enough or not.

You enjoy that as a player, though, going up against the best, just try and see how you stack up.

Yards don't matter. The score is all that matters.

Where the opponent is in the rankings means nothing.

Competition means the best player will play.

I'm going to show the difference between the champ and second place.

In the end, everyone talks. We're all evaluated and judged on. It's about production and results.

I just set the bar, niggas fall under it like a limbo

As the competition goes further along, you start to see who's rising and who's falling.

A win would be better than a draw.

My aim is to be a winner.

Winning football games is why we're in this business.

If you hit .200 and you win or .300 and you win, it's all the same. Just so you win.