Ralph Hasenhuttl Quotes

If you've got the best record, you're going to be the favourite. So you've got to play as the favourite with a bullseye on your back.

Our two biggest rivals had adjusted their whole season to this one aim of beating us. Of course, it is a big compliment that they were so motivated to stop us but it was very tough to face two matches like that so close together. Suddenly three trophies are down to one.

If you're on the top guy, you're going to get some balls thrown your way.

Being at NDSU and winning national championships, everyone's gunning for you. You got a big target on your back, and we had to be ready to go week in and week out. I think playing for a program like that, everyone's going to give you their best shot, and we embrace that.

Once you are first in the East, one of the top teams in the league, you have a target on your back every night.

I'm the world number one, so everyone is trying to attack me and trying to speed up.

I find it scary when people talk about me as a future leader. It's like putting a big target on your back.

Living up to the Deol surname means being tough, and this is a big challenge in itself.

If you're a competitor, this is what you want. You want all of the games to have meaning, context and to be the best competition.

I think expectations are a good thing. As a player, you should embrace them and not shy away from them.

I welcome pressure.

Things change when you're fighting the best guys in the world.

There are no expectations on a 40-year-old man. All I have to worry about is intensity, and things will take care of themselves. I don't have to worry about championships, all-star games, contracts. I can just walk on the court and play.

This game can be brutal. As soon as you get comfortable, it bites you. You have to stay on it all the time.

There's always pressure at a big club.

Whenever teams play against Senegal, they want to do really well, and each challenge is always different.

Bad thing about playing at Alabama? I really didn't have any bad moments.

You want to play in big games.

People are always going to be tough on you.

The playoffs are tough. It's a different game.

Anytime I play another rookie, there's that extra edge.

Just because I have two world records, everyone assumes that means automatically it is two guaranteed gold medals, but it isn't like that, and anything can happen in a race.

Playing for a Champions League place is not enough. It is not my target, but it is a target we have to take.

Playing in attack is difficult. You are under scrutiny, and you have to be able to deal with that.

You want a job where the pressure is on and expectations are high.