Mark Noble Quotes

When I look back at my first few seasons in the NBA, we didn't dominate as a team. There were a lot of nights where we took a beating and got whacked across the head. But we got better along the way, and we started to taste the success. With that came the pressure and expectations to be successful.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.

Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.

There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination.

Football is easy when things are going well, but when its not, it becomes the biggest test.

How you deal with adversity says a lot about the kind of players you've got and the kind of team we've got.

Me, personally, I thrive under pressure.

The way football is, sometimes, everything that could go wrong goes wrong. You have to dig yourselves out of that by simply working hard and sticking together.

Football is quite easy when you're doing well and winning games. It's when things aren't so good and they get tough, that's when the character and attitude stand up.

You have to go through some adversity to be able to be successful.

You have to be able to bounce back and deal with disappointment, failure and weaknesses, and a lot of that happens behind the scenes for teams that are very successful.

I could do nothing without my problems; they toughen my mind. In fact, I tell my assistants not to bring me their successes for they weaken me, but rather to bring me their problems, for they strengthen me.

I've always believed that - it's stupid, but I always use this - the pressure makes the diamonds. I really do believe that. The more pressure I'm put under, the more, it seems, I thrive. The more you give me to do and the more you give me to accomplish, the more I can get done for you.

When you're losing, you see what your team is made of.

A good balance of winning and losing is important. If you just win all the time, you won't get anything out of it; having some tough losses can be really important.

What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.

As you become a legend in the game, you build more doubters than you build supporters. And that's fine. I think that comes with anything that's challenging. I think it even comes with sports. The older that Michael Jordan got, I think the more doubted he became.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

No pressure, no diamonds.

When they come here, what we are looking for them to do is step up to the plate, take responsibility and get the big innings, the centuries - or take a lead with the ball.

I think the tougher the challenge the better.

Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows.

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity.

As a competitor, you have to learn pretty quickly how to deal with pressure.