Julen Lopetegui Quotes

Sporting success doesn't happen by accident. It takes hard work and determination on the part of the individual athletes. And it also takes investment in facilities and training support.

For me, I want to win the World Cup. If that's not the goal then I don't think you should be playing.

Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.

We're getting rewarded. We don't give up on the play and we show some character at the same time, but there is a long way for us to get to where we want to be.

One thing I always tell people. If you want to be gold medalist, you partner one.

Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.

I didn't start out with a spectacular movie. Many people think you don't have to go from nothing to the top; they think you start at the top.

What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it's always worth it to put the time and effort into something you want to be good at.

We're going to play better, and we're going to play harder.

I want to win championships.

A player cannot become a world champion overnight. To become a champion, a player has to sacrifice a lot and to devote much of his time practising and training.

There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.

If you want to be good at something, you really have to work at it every single day. You have to work hard at the things that are hard. Otherwise you are just treading water.

I think that's what it's all about; you work hard and practice to play on the big courts.

You think I can be the MVP without practicing?

I just want kids all over the world to know you have to practice to be any good in this game; it's too hard.

I think when you win the national championship, it works throughout your team. Where human nature is to say, I did well. I got my quota this month. Now do I get some time off? Do I get a bonus? Do I get to go on a cruise? But it's not to keep trying to be the best. That's not necessarily human nature.

I don't think I'm conscious of most of the things I've drawn from football, because they're so ingrained in me now... understanding that the discipline and the routine and the regimentation to be successful.

When I decided to continue in the sport, I decided I would do whatever it takes to be the best figure skater I can be.

At the end of the day, you've got a job to do, and that's playing football.

I don't think about anything other than focusing at Real Madrid.

We have given ourselves the means of our ambitions, and in football, when we give ourselves the means, it is always less difficult.

I think our path to the Olympics is a good metaphor for how you build a company. Our skill and commitment grew over time, day by day, stroke by stroke. So, sports are tied well with our entrepreneurial pursuits because you train for a few years, but there is no guarantee that you will succeed.

Whenever I get the opportunity to play I do the best I can.

I don't care if I'm starting or sweeping the floors. You hear me? I want to win.