Sandeep Singh Quotes

It's a disappointment to lose key players. On the other hand it creates an opportunity to play other players.

Bad performances can happen and are not that serious - even with new players. You can't, say, sell him, get a new one.

Yes, I'm the same grumpy Gautam who smiles very less on the field. I go very quiet before going into the match. I guess it works for me, though my team-mates keep telling me it is just a game.

I don't care how good you are, teams can be put under pressure.

After I joined the Indian cricket team, MS Dhoni advised me that I need to avoid reading the newspapers and should try to stay away from social media as much as possible.

If you're not starting well and not taking the lead, then you're constantly putting pressure on yourself as a team.

Learning how to compete is one of the most important things that an athlete can do. You can train as well as you possibly can and go compete and completely choke.

The team evolves over time, and players need replacing.

When things aren't going well, it's very easy to blame the coaching staff.

Every player at a high level faces pressure and must respond, and I am ready for that, too.

At Tottenham Hotspur, we can share the pressure, but on the South Korea team, some of the players have more pressure than others.

The art of coaching is to give a player freedom to bring out his talent. It is the player's responsibility for what happens once they are on the pitch.

That is one of the problems big teams face - their rivals always take the field very motivated, and I say this from experience.

Pressure is the biggest single factor in Test cricket.

If I get annoyed because I'm not in the headlines and don't do well in training, I won't do well if I have to go in. I've to be prepared because the World Cup isn't easy.

You grow up always thinking you'd be in pressure situations all the time, and that's why I put pressure on myself in practice, so when those situations come in the game I feel I can be successful.

When I was a player, it was important to target the first few friendlies and plant a seed in the mind of the gaffer.

People seem to expect when that happens, for players to be brought in that are so much better than the ones that have left. In the end they might be better but in the beginning they might be worse. Because they all have to gel and get to know each other and get to know you.

Felix Magath works with pressure. At first, we didn't know where we stood with him. That prompted the players to give their best because they wanted to play, but after a while the players knew where they stood and Magath no longer received the same effect.

It's important to know as much as I can about the players.

I don't really put too much pressure on myself. The only time people feel pressure is when they put it on themselves and listen to the outside stuff. I have great teammates and great coaches that do the right things around me that allows me to just focus on the game of football.

I'm not saying there's no pressure at Evergrande, there's pressure at Evergrande all the time. But I am myself and, no matter if I'm playing for Real Madrid or at the World Cup, I've never felt pressure.

Second seasons are always better. In the first year, I felt a little bit of pressure. Maybe sometimes I didn't play naturally. I didn't feel relaxed on the pitch when I was ready to try something. It's complicated to explain.

If you have the quality, you can only improve as a young player through match practice. That seems obvious, and it's proven to be true in my case.

When things are tough in training camp; when things are tough in season; when it's good, you don't want guys hitting too high or too low or depressed. It's just draining for everybody.