Dani Alves Quotes

Been dealing with pressure since I've been playing sports, so that's why I play the position. It's a pressure-packed position and I love it.

Being solid in your own zone, being a good faceoff guy, those are things that are all important as you go deep in the playoffs.

I like the ball in a big game. I'm not afraid to take it.

I thrive under pressure.

I love having the ball with two minutes left, down a touchdown. That's when I'm right in the zone... I'm a Catholic and a quarterback. Those are the two things that really shape my life. I'd much rather be the underdog than the favorite any day of the week.

One of the main things that stand out for me is the mentality of the best players. They really want to be in those big moments, have the responsibility, the trust in themselves and the self-belief.

I feel like you can dominate a game in so many ways. That's just always been my mindset, just play ball. Be a basketball player, and everything will fall into place.

I'm used to playing in the Premier League now. I'm confident, and all my team-mates are confident with me.

I think I have a lot of experience, especially of the big matches, and that is an advantage always.

When time is running out and the score is close, most players are thinking, I don't want to be the one to lose the game, but I'm thinking, What do I have to do to win?

And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure.

When I'm out on the football field, I have so much confidence in what I'm doing.

Raymond Floyd. The man knows how to control situations. He was experienced. He didn't let me get overly excited; he kept me in check. It allowed me to free myself up, and I played really well with him.

We talked about some of our experiences, focusing, hanging together down the stretch, important games. It's not necessarily who has the most talent but what team sticks together and executes their fundamentals the best.

A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players' performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength.

You can teach all the other stuff, you know. You can teach shooting the ball, you can teach having a good touch... passing and whatnot, but when you get out there on the field, it's just a mindset you need to go into the game with.

I watch a lot of sports. One of the reasons I watch is to see how these guys handle pressure, how they respond to situations.

I think the main thing about football is confidence.

As a goalkeeper, you've got to have mental toughness, and that's one thing I'm good at.

For me, I just love running in the big moments. That's always been the way. That is what you work so hard for. You don't work hard to run fast in practice or to run fast at small meets.

When I'm on the field, I'm locked in, focused on my job. I try to have a positive play and try to get points on the board.

We always have great practices, and the competition is high, and the intensity is high; it's just about doing that now in a game and sustaining it for 48 minutes.

It's a high-pressure situation to be in my position, but I've kind of gravitated toward those positions in sports. It's nothing that I worry too much about. I'm not going to act like I have the most stressful job in the world. This is pretty darn fun.

Every striker has to have that edge. When they are not scoring, or when the team is losing, they explode.

As a defender, you can be many shapes and sizes. You can be short and fast. Or you can be tall and jump high. It doesn't matter. The only necessity is that you are confident when you take the pitch - because every week there is a new challenge.