Carl Lewis Quotes

Whenever you play football, you will always have something to prove.

A winning effort begins with preparation.

For me, I love competing.

My most important goal is to set myself up on every Sunday to have a chance to win, and I know if I do those things, then everything else will take care of itself.

I'm confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

My trick is the trick that everyone knows: Work really hard and prepare.

I look forward to competing.

In every aspect of life, have a game plan, and then do your best to achieve it.

Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.

It's important to go out on the pitch and make a fantastic performance.

Test matches are what really drive me to perform.

I prepare so I can be in the whole game.

I train hard; I have the best coaching staff in the world... We always do the right things. I stick to the plan, and we get things done.

Soccer was probably the most fun game I've played because I never walked away feeling like I had a bad game. If you play a position in soccer where you can out-hustle or out-work or out-prepare somebody, it is a lot easier to walk away from the game and say, I gave it my all. I could always try. I could always hustle.

I just prepare myself to perform well, to support my teammates to play well, to try to get to the final, to the World Series.

We work hard in the offseason, we work hard to practice to win.

The best piece of advice my father gave me was to always work hard. One thing he instilled: Proper preparation prevents poor performances.

People in athletics thrive on competition. That's what makes you better.

You have to have plans. But the important thing first is to do your job in the ring. If you do that properly, then success will come.

In football it is impossible to win every match but we must do everything to show in every game that we have ambition.

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.

That's what the game is all about. It's winning.

To win is not important. To be successful is not even important. How to plan and prepare is crucial. When you plan very well and prepare very well, then success can come on the way. Then winning can come on your way.

It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.