Malcolm Brogdon Quotes

For me, always being ready and knowing that when I have my opportunity, I have to go out there and do my best. My whole career has been like that. I try to do my best in putting my focus in what I can control.

Every day, you got to do adjustments. Every pitch. You got to do what it takes.

So many things in sports are out of your control, so I really don't look too far ahead.

It's tough when you don't know if you're going to play or when you're going to play. But keeping the consistency and keeping in shape is important.

It is hard as a goalkeeper when we don't have the opportunity to play, we have to keep the faith, keep training well and when the opportunity arrives you have to be ready for it.

As a competitor, I try to do everything in my power to control the uncontrollable.

All I can really control is how I prepare and get ready for whatever team picks me.

Football is just like life. You have to manage adversity all the time. You have to do the right things and be ready for the moment.

Perhaps we cannot raise the winds. But each of us can put up the sail, so that when the wind comes we can catch it.

He will know from and early age that failure is not disgrace. It's just a pitch that you missed, and you'd better get ready for the next one. The next one might be the shot heard round the world. My son and I are Americans, we prepare for glory by failing until we don't.

We cannot make it rain but we can see to it that the rain falls on prepared soil.

You've got to take what comes. You've got to make yourself available for everything; you've got to pray that you're in a position to do the jobs when they come around.

I grew up where, when a door closed, a window didn't open. The only thing I had was cracks. I'd do everything to get through those cracks - scratch, claw, bite, push, bleed. Now the opportunity is here. The door is wide open, and it's as big as a garage.

Tennis is like, it gives you a lot of chances, but if you don't take those chances, it takes a lot of chances away from you. It's just the scoring pattern. We cannot dwell over a loss or a win for very long. We have no time to celebrate; we have no time to dwell; we have to move on. Wake up the next day and try and win the match.

In many ways, we all have extraordinary circumstances thrust upon us in life, and it's up to us to do the best with them.

I think the one thing that athletics prepared me for that's been more beneficial than anything has been the humbling times.

In football, you are going to have highs and lows, and you have to recognize when you have new opportunities and walk in those.

I'm here. I'm not going anywhere. No matter what the injury - unless it's completely debilitating - I'm going to be the same player I've always been. I'll figure it out. I'll make some tweaks, some changes, but I'm still coming.

I'm fortunate now that I coach at Duke University and we've won a lot. I have some kids who haven't failed that much. But when they get to college, they're going to fail some time. That's a thing that I can help them the most with.

You cannot prepare enough for anything.

I know that I'm going to have to work hard, keep working hard, and not because of this victory think, 'I'm back.' I don't think like that. I'll definitely work hard. Things are not going to be easy. I might lose first round next week. You never know.

I have to be prepared always and be at my best. I looked to bat 50 overs and score as many possible. It may not happen all the time, but whenever I see the opportunity, I try to make the most of it.

I've been in baseball my whole life, so I understand there's a lot in baseball that is out of your control, and you have to focus on the things you can control.

You've just got to stay grounded, keep your head down, keep pushing and, when someone does call and wants you, be ready for your opportunity.

I'm a pro. I understand you check your ego at the door. If you don't have it that night, you don't have it that night. But sometimes you're like, 'Give me that opportunity to grind through this'.