Keylor Navas Quotes

If I have learned anything from my coaches, it's that the next game is the most important. The next game is the one that gives you confidence or gets you into trouble.

I think preparing every week like it's the most important game in the world makes things a little easier once you get in situations where a lot more people are watching and it might be a lot more important for people outside of the building.

I hate to go into games thinking about goals.

I have total faith in my abilities, total faith in what I can do on the pitch, and I just have to focus on that, on my game, and help the team be successful, and I have no worries.

Football has never left me. I still wake up in the morning and think of the operating room like a game, like it's showtime, let's perform.

When it comes to football, I always prepare like I'm going to be the guy.

When you start the match, you forget that you are No. 1, you have all the titles. You just have the battle ahead in front of you.

Clearly finals are one-off games and they always depend on starting well in order to impose yourself on the game.

I go out there, and I know if I play my game, then I'm going to be all right.

You take it one game at a time because it's the most important game of the season.

People who know me know that I don't talk about the play-offs. It's not an issue for me at all.

I'm about great competition. That's why I can have a great smile beforehand and connect with the crowd, and then, when I get in the ring, I flip that switch.

That's what tournament football's all about. It's about finding your feet in the first game, finding what works, and gaining confidence.

It's a big moment, a heart-rate moment. It's all in the preparation for me. Watching the various takers, I can prepare as best I can. I can prepare, too, with my own team-mates - they practise, which, in turn, helps me practise trying to save penalties. I want as much confidence as I can in the preparation and then take it from that.

I don't worry about individual matchups.

Every single time we step on to the field - practice field or game field - we're thinking about winning that championship. But at the same time, we're taking it day by day. And we are taking it game by game.

It's important we win and because of the players we have we should win some matches in style.

As long as I have that support from my team, and I have that confidence in myself that I train really hard, I think there's no one out there who can defeat me in my weight class.

On the days I'm pitching, it's almost a coin flip as to know if the guys behind me are going to be there to play 100%.

So my game is solid. So that obviously makes me feel confident, that like anybody else in this field, you name them, I feel like I've got the ability to win the golf tournament just as much as they have, and that's the way I'm going to take it.

Tiger Woods, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, a pitcher just before a game, I would imagine they all have nervous energy. But as you perform, the nervous energy dissipates and you start to relax and you start to do what you do best.

I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing.

In competition, when I start performance I try not to think about all the pressure from the fans. But, I got a lot of energy from them always. They make me more perfect.

Coming from bad results, you have more tension and you get more into the game, maybe. You never know which is best. I prefer to come from good results. You have more confidence and you believe you are doing things well. But in football everything can change very quickly.

So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win.