Doug Harvey Quotes

Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.

In figure skating, you have four minutes to do your best. It's your time; you do your best.

My job is to win the game each and every week and that's what I want to do, and that's all I'm worried about.

It's just about keeping the momentum going, and it doesn't matter whether it's Champions League or Premier League or whatever trophy you're going for, you've got to focus on the opponent that lies ahead.

Even if we don't play fantastically, with good passing and precision and finesse, the most important thing is to win.

The more one emphasizes winning, the less he or she is able to concentrate on what actually causes success.

When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.

When you do RAW or Wrestlemania or a PPV where there's 10,000 people or more, you don't necessarily look at the people. The only time there's a realization that there's that many people is when you walk to the ring. Once you get in the ring, your focus is only on the ring, and maybe the front few rows.

Winning in my business is everything.

I'm always a competitor. I'm not there just to have a good time. I want to play well and perform well.

We have to win that game. But we have to win every game, that's the way it's always been.

The score never interested me, only the game.

If you start thinking of the Super Bowl championship as your motivation, you are going to miss the trees for the forest or the forest for the trees. I never could understand that one.

When I'm on the field, I really don't focus on fans. I just focus on my responsibility, which is the guy right across from me.

I know how to win big matches.

This is football, and one cannot be distracted at any moment because the opposition can put you in difficulty and compromise a result.

You're paid to perform. There is an outcome to a game and it doesn't matter how many goals you score. If you don't win, you don't have a good time.

I win when it counts.

Winning is the most important thing. You want to focus on the game and the team.

There's a lot of variables you can't control in trying to win a game, but at the end of the day it does mean something to win a game in the big leagues and be on the mound.

To win a championship, you need to win on the road.

I need to be competing. Coaching is good, but I like to be in the fire.

I just want to pitch well enough for us to win. In my mind, that's what it's all about.

If I have learned anything from my coaches, it's that the next game is the most important. The next game is the one that gives you confidence or gets you into trouble.

A lot of people talk about records, but you can get lost as a player if you think too much about them.