Mauricio Pochettino Quotes

As players, we have to concentrate with what happens on the pitch, not off it.

I just concentrate on my performance and the football.

I just keep myself focused and try to prepare each week for our games.

Being in my rhythm, I can never tell whether I got 15 carries or 25 carries. It's never really a difference to me. I just go out and play.

I focus on playing football, and there are many battles you have to think about and which must be won.

In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.

When I'm starting a race, I just completely narrow down my vision and focus on what's directly ahead of me.

When I'm on the field, I really don't focus on fans. I just focus on my responsibility, which is the guy right across from me.

I like a little pressure. That's how football goes.

If you are busy with a good performance, something you can control, then the chance to win the game is much bigger.

You've got to go out there and play your best. It's about what you do on the football field.

You play 162 games so let's say 100 of them come down to the end where you see the game is out of reach one way or the other. I feel like the other 62 are close games so you're going to be into those at-bats. If you do that, that's 100 at-bats. That's almost a month worth of at-bats where you're not as focused as you might be in those 62.

You need to be 100% focused all match long against Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

In football, it's not enough just to be amazing, but you also have to have a clear head. If you're not calm, it becomes very difficult.

Just go out there and play football. Don't make it bigger than it has to be.

Practice don't win games.

Training camp for me is a day-by-day thing. It's a grind. If you lose focus on what you're trying to work on, you won't be there mentally, and it'll be tough physically.

If you are a team that wants to win something, you have to play for 90 minutes with concentration and focus.

Just like any other game we're taking on we've got to prepare, prepare hard, mentally, physically. We've been practicing hard.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.

When I'm out on the football field, I have so much confidence in what I'm doing.

So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.

Any game is important to me. At Boston College, when I went out for the spring games, I wanted to win. Maybe it is more important than other preseason games. It's just that everyone is expecting a lot from me in my first week of professional football. I want to confirm my expectations.

I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused on what you're doing.