Gary Sheffield Quotes

I'm a finisher. I'm a shark, and if I see blood, I'm gonna finish you.

Every fight is a must-win for me.

I don't step back, that's football. It's about winning.

I am quite a relaxed person out of the car, but in the car I am aggressive, I never give up, I fight to the end and I try 100% all the time.

I can be aggressive at times. I didn't get to where I am by being a pushover, O.K.?

I have a street mind. My whole mindset when I first got to the NBA was, 'I'm bringing that street to the game,' and, 'I'm going to be the hardest guy on the court; I'm going to be the hardest guy on the planet.'

I've never cared who I fight. And that's something I just say - 'I'll fight anyone' - it's something I've lived up to my whole career. And I'm proud of that.

I like to battle with defenders if I have to. I don't know where it comes from; I am not a nasty guy.

Anytime you play basketball and your backs are to the wall, you have to come out and play aggressive.

No matter what, all I want to do is win. I don't care what anybody says, any media outlet, anybody says as a person; the one thing they can't say is that I don't want to win.

Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill.

Give me some scratching, diving, hungry ballplayers who come to kill you.

I'm just a very tough person when I go on the court, and I really don't want to lose.

We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.

Bulldogs have been known to fall on their swords when confronted by my superior tenacity.

There are no gentlemen in anything competitive - you want to win.

My whole life I've hated to lose, no doubt about it. I've been guilty of that since I was 6 years old, at camp. I have always played to win. That's who I am. But I never hurt anybody. The problem is when you're perceived as being too aggressive where you hurt somebody or do something improper.

When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I'm out there to win.

If there is one thing that all players have in common it is that winning, competitive gene; the ability to overcome obstacles and fight for what you want from your career.

I'm not an aggressive person, but obviously on the sporting field I'll do whatever it takes.

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.

I thrive on physical confrontation. It's a competitive juice in me. I'm always going to have that in the back of my mind. So whether I'm 49, 59, 69 or 109, I'm always going to think that I can go out and compete.

If the charge against me is that I fight to win, and I'm intense, then I'm guilty.

That's one reason fans take to me. They like the battle side of it. They look at me and think this guy shouldn't be on the pitch, he's just bulldozing his way through.

I don't fear anyone. We don't come to play in this sport.