Virat Kohli Quotes

Ben Stokes, for example, is someone who plays better when he is a bit aggressive - and that's something you don't want to take away from him.

I never focus on my opponent - I focus more on myself: knowing what my strengths are, where I can take the fight, how I can win the fight, and the intensity that I'm going to bring to a fight.

I'm working on staying aggressive in my game and fixing all the little details.

I'd rather have most of my life private. So, what you do see in me is on the court, and on the court, I am competitive. I'm an irritant to the other team. Emotional. Fired up. And so that's what people see, and that's what they judge off of.

It doesn't matter how you're playing: you've got to be vocal - you've got to be aggressive - if you really want to be one of the best in this league.

I'm going to play my game and be who I am. I don't think anyone puts more pressure on me than I do on myself.

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.

Music can be useful during training to help get you psyched, and I still listen to music on easy climbs or in the gym. But during cutting-edge solos or really hard climbs, I unplug. There shouldn't be a need for extra motivation on big days, be it music or anything else. It should come from within.

My aggression out there is my weapon. I think it's more letting them know that I'm not going to let them get away with something, and I'm not just going to kind of poke it back and be content to stay in rallies.

The greatest players use anger as fuel. Michael Jordan played every night with something like road rage.

What people see on court is another side of me; it's not me.

I'm somebody that has a very big competitive edge and a chip on my shoulder.

You've got to be confident when you're competing. You've got to be a beast.

When I'm down or maybe when it's close in the match, I feel like I'm still in it. I don't feel like I'm letting down. Mentally, I'm still really, really tough.

I mean, I'm very, very competitive.

I'm the most competitive person you'll ever meet.

I'm a competitive guy.

I think hitting is more a mentality than a philosophy. A philosophy is somebody telling you the way they think it should be. Well, different people believe in different things. My thing is this: Be ready to hit.

You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.

You've got to be a little vicious. You've got to be narcissistic. You've got to be on fire about your career.

I'm not afraid to say I'm competitive.

My clients train hard. They don't scream or throw weights - they just push hard, trying to get more out of themselves than their bodies want to give, trying to walk that terrible, beautiful line between controlled aggression and all-out insanity.

You can teach all the other stuff, you know. You can teach shooting the ball, you can teach having a good touch... passing and whatnot, but when you get out there on the field, it's just a mindset you need to go into the game with.

I don't know why, but at the end of games, for some reason, I just get more confident. I just think it's natural. I think it's something I've embraced from a young age.

I would have to agree, that I'm probably more intense than Brian or Kurt, competitive because, I was always like this, always being that way, always real competitive.