Gerard Butler Quotes

There are two teams against whom my energy is always very high: India and Australia.

Everybody wants to defeat the defending champs.

It goes way, way back when we were under Sweden's rule. We always think they are better than us. We played against them so often for so many years. Every country has one opponent they want to beat and for us, it's Sweden.

So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would win, or the Soviet athletes would win, you would see and hear and read about that. Quite frequently. So they would make a big issue of it.

Nixon was a bad loser. He hated losing worse than death, and that is why I enjoyed him. We were both football fans, both addicts; and on some days, nothing else mattered.

I think there should be bad blood between all clubs.

I prefer beating Real Madrid to beating Manchester City!

Any other business, you want your competitors to go out of business. In sports, you just don't want them to have as good a record as you do.

When you talk in terms of a rivalry game, it's always important for our guys to understand the history of the rivalry and the history of the game.

Frankly speaking, the pleasure and satisfaction you get after performing against India you don't get against any team, and if you ask the Indian players, they would have similar sentiments.

One thing the Scottish boys want in the changing room is the bragging rights over the English lads.

When it comes to the Cowboys, I always play great against them.

This is the Boston Celtics. This isn't the Phoenix Suns. No disrespect to any other organization, but you don't hang conference titles. Do we hang going to the conference finals?

I love playing against England.

We want to be the team that no one can stand to play.

I loved playing against the Pacers and Reggie Miller. Reggie was a great competitor, and I enjoyed playing against competitors.

We want to beat the best team in the world.

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

There is a battle between me and Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei. We always do our best.

Those are the ones you look forward to: going against a great, talented player, someone who's going to be in this league for a long time, who you're going to be seeing for a long time. Get a chance to go out, compete, and just have fun. Those are the fun match-ups.

When I was a kid, beating England was incredible; it always had greater repercussion than beating anyone else.

Whether you win or lose against English teams, you always feel it's been a proper contest.

This guy don't come to the ballpark to beat you. He comes to beat you bad. This (Jackie) Robinson, he plays a ton.

I don't know about the rest of the world, but I know in our region everyone is gunning to beat us. We have a new challenge.

Everybody who plays me plays me so hard because they always want to beat me.