Keylor Navas Quotes

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

I'm all about getting the training. Don't roll out of bed and say, 'I can do this.'

I just come to training, work hard, go home, prepare for the game, then play.

I think there's nothing that's not important. Everything you do - from how you connect with the guys in the locker room, to how you learn, to how you play on the field - everything's important; everything goes with the position.

As a member of a competitive team, you want to make sure you have yourself ready to play. You don't control anything but what you do.

I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition.

You don't want to line up on the blocks and know you have not done everything you possibly can.

To be number one, you must train like you are number two.

If I train well and stay focused, I'm confident I can deliver when the time comes.

I can control how hard I play. This is how I respond to coaching. This is how I respond to my teammates. If I focus on that, the other things that come with that are going to come.

Success doesn't motivate me as much as integrity does. Everyone loses. I enjoy the pressure of showing up every single day, being focused, putting forth my best effort, getting the best out of my teammates, and enjoying the journey.

If you don't train in a certain way because you think you won't play, you have to do more in the week to show why you deserve to play.

In football, you only work for the things you can control. You cannot control the outside world: you can only control your preparation; you can only control your performances.

It's that preparation that goes into each week. We have a term: 'Trust your training, trust your teammate, and trust yourself.'

It's all about getting your head down, focusing, working hard, competing in training, keeping fit, and picking up points.

In order to get to where I want to be, I have to do the right things off the field, first.

I always set the bar very high, not in terms of results but most in terms of preparation and focusing on the job there is to do in the car.

Every training session you take part in, you have to work very hard and train hard because there is no other way to get where you want to be - it's not a secret and not a magic formula - just hard work and application.

I'm always ready to play when called upon; that's why I train so hard.

I'm someone who always comes on the court no matter what's going on in my life. It's all about basketball and my teammates and my team. I don't let any distractions in, and I bring my best every night, regardless of what's going on or what people are talking about.

My father, my mother, and then my father was always on top of me - 'Keep your nose clean. Do you love what you're doing?' 'Yes.' 'Then be aware, or you're going to lose it.'

My job is my sport so I have to make sure that I stay focussed on it. I train almost every day so it takes up a lot of my life and you don't want to bring any new distractions into your life.

You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way.

Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.

I'm really grateful for my dancers' discipline.