Gautam Gambhir Quotes

If any player in the world tells you he doesn't care about what the opponents do, he is lying.

I know for me, when I'm on the court I'm totally different than when I'm off of the court.

You have to forget you are playing against your idol, because the guy on the other side also wants to play better than you and beat you. I don't think you should allow yourself to think like this when you go against any player.

If I get annoyed because I'm not in the headlines and don't do well in training, I won't do well if I have to go in. I've to be prepared because the World Cup isn't easy.

Learning how to compete is one of the most important things that an athlete can do. You can train as well as you possibly can and go compete and completely choke.

I don't really play off nerves. I just want to win.

I'm about great competition. That's why I can have a great smile beforehand and connect with the crowd, and then, when I get in the ring, I flip that switch.

I feel like if I play my game then I can beat anyone on my day, so there's no pressure.

People used to talk to me about that and say, 'Rom doesn't play with passion.' I do, but I don't show it too much because in my mind, I'm a guy that thinks a lot about how to win the game. Sometimes I let the emotions just come now, and it helps me.

Usually if you haven't figured out how you want to play tennis yourself, it is hard to accept the failures of playing five sets.

It's about us getting ready to play. It's not about the other team. We'll beat ourselves before they beat us. That's always our approach.

What I want out of tennis is not necessarily just winning.

I don't know if every player in the Premier League feels hurt when they lose a game. The right sort is very important. I was naive in thinking that everyone was like me.

I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My coach advised me to stay at school and finish my exams. Even if I had gone and won the Olympics, I might not have handled the pressure. So I moved on.

Everybody gets all worked up about trash talk but it is what it is - it's talk... You ask any player, honestly, if trash talk's gonna affect how hard they play, because if a little trash talk affects how hard they can play, it just lets us know that they were holding back or weren't playing harder or as hard as they could.

The only pressure I feel is how I can contribute to help my team win the match. Of course, there is always the pressure to score, but then doesn't it eventually help your team win? Frankly, I don't let these things affect me.

It annoys me a little when people try to be positive when I don't play my best. I play to win. I'm like that. I'm like any other player. I'm never happy.

You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.

I do a lotta trash talking to keep me motivated, to keep me to not want to lose.

As an individual, I take every match seriously, no matter who I'm going to play.

I think the biggest thing was that I was putting pressure on myself leading up to Beijing. Now I am learning how to take that pressure off and seeing this as an incredible opportunity, but not like, 'I absolutely have to medal.'

If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have the expectations of yourself that you should have.

It is difficult to be yourself on court, as you become very involved in the match and very focused.

Just because I keep getting close and don't win these Majors, I must not panic.

Pressure comes from myself, because I expect a lot, but I am trying not to put so much pressure on tournaments and to be less emotional during matches.