Mickey Arthur Quotes

When you are in the second position and you want to be champions, you are always under pressure.

On the other hand, I have devoted so much energy to reach the top that I accept the stress of being there.

I have won things in my career, and people ask why that's not enough. But there can always be more.

It's very easy when you have someone in front of you that you can chase. You want to be No. 1 but now I feel like I have to play well because everybody looks at you as a best golfer. So that's why I put more pressure on myself.

In today's world, we all live with the burden of feeling that anything is possible if we're only clever enough, smart enough, work hard enough.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.

I look forward to another good year next year. It would be nice to win, too.

Of course I want to bring home a gold medal, and that's what I'm planning on doing. For me, that's not pressure. It's a chance to show the world who I am.

I set pretty high expectations for myself, and I hold myself to a pretty high standard.

I think the stress of being No. 1 in the world is more of a motivating factor for me just because I don't want to lose it.

When you take the world record, a lot of people are going to go out there to get you, really. I kind of enjoy that. I like being chased.

I think that is when guys are at their best: when you put pressure and have something to work towards and have something to compare yourself to or try to best them, it really does make you better.

I want to be one of the greatest champions of all time. And it's a good pressure - I need this pressure. Because if pressure is making me work, if it's making me work harder - it was hard work to get to the championship, to win the championship.

People expect a lot for me now, and I will achieve that.

I have been relegated as a player, and I have suffered the feeling of failure. It is awful, and when you are part of an international outfit that gets so close, and you don't do it, it is not a good feeling. I don't want that again. I want to be part of a team that does something no one else has done.

I want to be challenged every week; I want to know that my title is on the line, and I have to fight to keep it.

You have to have those times when your hunger and drive is in a different place because you're under pressure to have success.

Pressure brings out the best in me. It's the only way to keep improving: putting a bit of pressure on yourself.

I want to win and I feel that pressure, but my career will not be a disaster if I do not win there. It is a dream to fulfill.

As a champion, you always want challenges.

It's the fear of failure that drives all of us at Red Bull.

It is my goal to be world champion.

I play to be the best.

It's hard when you win the title to not think, 'I'm here. Now what do I do?'

If you play well, you are praised; if you play badly, you are criticised. Everyone should try to manage it the way they want to.