John Robinson Quotes

I am quite a relaxed person out of the car, but in the car I am aggressive, I never give up, I fight to the end and I try 100% all the time.

I'm an aggressive player. I always have been.

I like to battle with defenders if I have to. I don't know where it comes from; I am not a nasty guy.

It's quite strange, because off the field I'm quite shy, quiet, prefer to watch a bit of TV at home, but get me on the cricket field I like it all kicking off.

I love winning, I love playing to win. You need some of that to be a bowler. You need to have a hatred for the batsman to make sure you have that real fire to perform.

My on-court temperament is totally to just win and destroy.

When you challenge me, I like my chances in a fistfight. On the field, I use the same approach. I'm going to win. And I'll do it by any means necessary. If you're not willing to go that route, don't come my way.

Parenthood and having kids puts you in touch with a whole other sort of sensitivity which is nothing but good. You feel more than you ever felt. You feel that vulnerability, but at the same time you wouldn't trade it for anything.

My whole life I've hated to lose, no doubt about it. I've been guilty of that since I was 6 years old, at camp. I have always played to win. That's who I am. But I never hurt anybody. The problem is when you're perceived as being too aggressive where you hurt somebody or do something improper.

Obviously, I don't want to be in the box for over a hundred minutes during the season, but at the same time I have to try to play with an edge and battle out there.

To be able to have winning in your blood growing up, whether it was pounding my little brother or trying to beat my dad in something, or just competing on teams with my friends, it was nonstop.

I think, when I'm on the court, I become with a killer instinct - a real Scorpio.

I'm a very competitive person, but at the same time, as a quarterback, you gotta be poised; you gotta be very poised and patient. I'm pretty loose and relaxed, but I'm also very competitive.

I'm not a nice guy on the field, and I've never really respected a guy who's been a 'nice guy' on the field. I want opposition to be hard, to play to win the game for their team.

Once I get on the court - I've been on the court with my own brother before and tried to rip his head off, so that shows the kind of competitor I am.

When I put my helmet on, I'm ultra competitive, talking trash.

I was extremely competitive, so for me becoming a footballer was not necessarily because it was about being the best - it was about winning.

I think that most people who know me would say that I'm an intense individual and very driven to win and enjoy the competition aspect of the game.

I have a lot of competitive juices, and I want to go out and compete on the football field every day.

I do play with a chip on my shoulder. That's who I am. That's how Philadelphia basketball players are raised.

I may not be the most physical player, that's not my nature. But I am a competitor and I play as hard as I can.

I'm a really emotional person so I cry for everything.

With any kind of physical test, I don't know what it is, I always seem to get competitive. Remember when you were in school and they'd do those hearing tests? And you'd really be listening hard, you know? I wanted to do unbelievable on the hearing test. I wanted them to come over to me after and go, 'We think you may have something close to super-hearing. What you heard was a cotton ball touching a piece of felt. We're sending the results to Washington, we'd like you to meet the President.'

If I had to single out one element in my life that has made a difference for me, it would be a passion to compete.

I will always be someone who wants to do better than others. I love competition.