Mirai Nagasu Quotes

When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.

I have to keep working hard and improving every day.

Every day at Team Alpha Male, I'm improving. The biggest thing with that camp is everyone is so positive and has the work ethic to go out there and push the pace and keep going and going and going.

Part of being an athlete is constantly striving for more. We're looking for perfection in a world where that doesn't exist. No matter what we do and what we accomplish or how we perform, we're always looking at areas we can improve upon.

My coaches and I always stress getting better and working on all aspects, so I'm ready to fight and take it to the next level.

You can never come into the spring feeling like you've got a guaranteed spot. Once you do that, you kind of get stagnant, and someone's going to pass you up.

I always believe someone somewhere is working harder than me and that motivates me to work harder, give 100%.

As an athlete, success is not just about winning; it is about working hard and giving it all you have. I have always taken one match at a time and worked hard; when I succeeded, I worked further on the aspects of the game which worked for me; when I failed, I listed out my weaknesses and worked on them.

I think that in order to get better as an athlete and to see whatever kind of results you're after, you have to make goals. Whether you write them down or tell someone about them, it's important to set goals for yourself in order to achieve any kind of success.

I always love training at crazy times - it's an edge I'm creating over everyone else.

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

Always do your best.

I want to consistently play well and win titles. I'm only at the beginning.

Repetition every day. That's something the great ones do is never get complacent.

The best players in the world are working so hard, I gotta work even harder.

At some point, you have worked so hard in your life and your tennis that you don't want to be too much up and down. You want to do what you have done and eventually get better.

I think if you want to prove something to yourself and not fail there's only one choice and that's to work.

It's all about getting better. You don't want a coach that says, 'It's all right, it's all right,' and it's not all right.

I hate not practicing.

I've been on my grind to be the best player I can.

My leadership mentality is to outwork everybody else around me, and hopefully the guys respond well to that and work harder for themselves.

Our central theme is, How good you can get? How hard can I go to see how good you can get?

I'm confident to say that if you want to grow in a profession, consistency is the key… I'm strict about my work goals and training.

It's important for me to work hard and give 100 per cent in training to try to improve.

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