Alex Spanos Quotes

In the IPL, you are often single-handedly responsible for the fortunes of your team. It makes you more responsible as a player.

I never got caught up in playing for history, seeing how many majors I could win, or rewriting the record books. Those are selfish objectives, and the guy who chokes usually does so because he dwells on what it all means to him. I was only worried about my family. And although I had my share of failures, it was never because I choked.

You have to be able to deal with the pressures that playing for a big club like Hibs brings and it's not for everyone.

People think that footballers just have a kick around with their mates. If they win, fine; if they don't, that's then fine, too. No pasa nada. No. You have an obligation and responsibility.

Sometimes I hear fans say that 'you should play for the emblem on the shirt.' I play for myself because after two inaccurate passes the fans are already cursing you.

That's sometimes the hardest thing to do as a professional athlete, because when you get lit up, you wear it, especially as a starting pitcher.

Footballers are super-intelligent and there is only one football language: to win, to win, to win.

Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.

One of the biggest fears of players in a shootout is letting your teammates down.

I definitely wanted this win today and I don't want anybody to talk about my nerves anymore.

When I was a teenager, my dad used to put a lot of pressure on me to be successful, and I'd really beat myself up about things like losing martial arts competitions.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

It means a lot to you, to be out there. The highs are pretty high, and the lows are pretty low. You know, it's easy to feel like you let the team down. I mean, at the end of the day we still got to figure out a way to get through the tie.

What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence.

I enjoy watching competitive people. You watch 'em come and you watch 'em go, and how they try to be the best. How they handle when they're not. How they handle when they are. How they get along together on the court.

People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

I can't begin to describe the amount of crap I've taken for being a lousy free-throw shooter.

As soon as you have an average game, everyone is quick to criticise and say, 'You suck; you shouldn't be playing rugby.'

If I stop to think about fans, or best-selling, or not best-selling, or good reviews, or not-good reviews, it just becomes too much. It's like staring at the mirror all day.

When you win, everything is everything. But when you lose, it's all about Allen Iverson and Larry Brown. When we win, I know that I get the praise and Larry Brown gets the praise, but when we lose, it's on me and Larry Brown. That's something that I have to learn to accept and deal with.

The real good teams and the real great teams find a way to win.

And as a true athlete, mistakes haunt you forever.

Football is football and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference.

I don't play to sweat, I play to win.