Errol Spence Jr. Quotes

I have the confidence knowing if the game is on I can win the big events. That's a massive difference. Until you've done it and proven it to yourself, you can't know if you can.

You've got to want to compete with the best of the best and when the pressure's on.

I want to finish at the top, playing well.

Obviously I want to win all the big tournaments - I would hate to look back and not have won them. I also think, for me, there's something about reaching a certain level rather than getting a certain number of wins.

If you're in the best team in the world, you or your teammate have to win.

I want to run with the best, that's how I've always lived.

Winning in my business is everything.

I'm always a competitor. I'm not there just to have a good time. I want to play well and perform well.

In playing or managing, the game of ball is only fun for me when I'm out in front and winning. I don't give a hill of beans for the rest of the game.

In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and be judged against everyone than come first and be judged against just a few.

I've never been more motivated to be No. 1 in the world. I've never been more motivated to try to extend that lead from one to two. All the hard work that I've put into my game right now has paid off, but I've got to keep working hard to win as much as I can.

Our objective is always to win. Every day, every game, and every competition.

The most important thing is to be successful on the field. Being second in the world is an unbelievable achievement. But for me, as a coach, you want to be the best - you get nothing for being second. We want to be the best in our field.

The first championship in 2005 will always be the most special but winning this fifth one was by far my best performance because of the strength of the field.

I want the best names in the division. The fear brings out the best performance in myself.

I match up against everybody well. I just have to stay consistent and keep going out there winning fights.

I have to live up to my expectations - which is to break all the records that I can, dominate by a wide margin.

You've got to beat the best if you want to be the best.

Real Madrid demands the maximum. You have to win and please.

For me, it's all about winning. I want to be in a good system, a good team.

In Madrid, the demand is maximum, and you have to always be at the top. If you are not, doubts come.

Once I go into these fights, and we have to go through the ringer to prepare for them, and we know I'm not 100 percent going in, winning is the most important thing, and dominating is the most important thing, and that's what we've been doing.

It's very easy when you have someone in front of you that you can chase. You want to be No. 1 but now I feel like I have to play well because everybody looks at you as a best golfer. So that's why I put more pressure on myself.

We won the European Championship last September and now the world title. That is some year for French beach soccer! Now comes the hard part. We have to keep improving and that's difficult because it's tough to do better than winning a world title.

I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.