Harry Vardon Quotes

Many books have been written about what the X-factor is, what separates people who win big matches versus those who struggle. Some of it's innate, but there's a piece of it that's learned, embracing those moments.

Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose.

Heart in champions has to do with the depth of our motivation and how well your mind and body react to pressure - that is, being able to do what you do best under maximum pain and stress.

The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.

The team that is the most focused and executes the best is the team that wins. That's usually the team that can handle the pressure of the situation.

If you're going to win games, you're going to have to come up with the big hits. That's the bottom line.

Strikers never lose games... we have to be honest and say that.

If you can't play under pressure, you shouldn't be at a World Cup.

I think you can develop your ability to be clutch, if that's the word that you will use, your ability to focus and to be able to block out all the external stuff.

Being able to adjust - to any fighter, no matter what pressure he can give me - I'm going to show I can do all that.

I think winning games is my biggest asset, knowing how to win.

I don't really play off nerves. I just want to win.

In every contest, there comes a moment that separates winning from losing. The true warrior understands and seizes that moment.

When time is running out and the score is close, most players are thinking, I don't want to be the one to lose the game, but I'm thinking, What do I have to do to win?

Once you get the nod, your mentality totally changes. It's like a heavyweight fighter-you win the title and that's it, you don't want to look back and you don't want to change. That's the way I feel and I'm looking to keep the job.?

The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who perform great feats before friendly crowds. Greatness in major league sports is the ability to win in a stadium filled with people who are pulling for you to lose.

Doubters don't win, winners don't doubt.

There's one thing I don't ever think about: losing ... Instead, I think about how I'm going to win, and how I can do it the quickest way.

You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you're - you're the best and you'll win every time.

My coach has said to me, "When you win a match or a tournament, you don't even think about it - the very next minute you're like".

You can have the top stars to bring the attention, you can have the best stadium, you can have the best facilities, you can have the most beautiful project in terms of marketing and all this kind of thing. But if you don't win... All the work these people are doing is forgotten.

Never let anyone tell you sports doesn't matter. Never let them tell you it's all about the wins, the losses and the stats. Sports is so much more than that.

I love to play to win.

If I have given my all and still do not win, I haven't lost. Others might remember winning or losing; I remember the journey.

Keep faith, trust to love, fight with honor, but fight to win.