Ralph Boston Quotes

Before matches, there is a little bit of pressure, but on the pitch, you forget it all. You only think about playing football.

I'm naturally fired up. I'm naturally excited to play each and every time I lace the shoes up.

There will always be rivalry on the field. Off the field, we are friends, but on it, we have to do our job.

We have to play football, not concentrate on other things.

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

Because, they're only thinking about one team when that game's over. Before the game, they're talking about two football teams. When the game's over, there's only one winner.

We're sympathetic, but once you step on the field, football's football.

I think we have got the wood on South Africa, but that does not mean they are not a good team. They intimidate a lot of teams but we intimidate them. There is no disrespect for South Africa; they are a very good team.

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

There is no drama like the drama on the athletic field.

As a competitor, you're always taught that you want win championships. You want to put yourself in the best place to do that.

I've been an athlete and competitor my whole life, and there's nothing more that I get off on than competition.

Once you're on the pitch, you play for your team, and you want to win. During the year, you can play against friends - you can play against big friends and close friends - but once you are on the pitch, this friendship goes away, and you just focus on winning the game.

I think I'm a crazy competitor when it comes to basketball.

People sometimes have a false view of track and field, that it's kind of soft and kind of friendly. And guys aren't necessarily laughing and joking, but everyone's just friendly and 'ha ha, he he.' I just came in and just was like, 'Nah, I don't know what y'all talking about, but every single time I step on the line, I'm trying to win.'

I guess football is a game of opinions.

Nothing's in my head when I'm out there; I'm just trying to have fun on the football pitch.

I'm just really excited every time I play a match.

There are loads of things you can sit and assess but it does come down to one match at a time. This game does speak for itself.

That's one of the nice things about being a sportsman is that once you cross that white line, it is a freedom, you are away from everything in life really. You are playing cricket and that's an escape from everything. That's as clear as you get really.

I have a good understanding that baseball is not the most important thing in the world, but at the same time you want to get a hit.

I don't have friends when I'm on the court, besides my team.

We think game by game.

No, I don't get nervous when I play basketball.

I want to focus on football and just go on the pitch to do my thing.