John John Florence Quotes

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

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.

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

Feelings aren't going to help me win a game.

I think when the competitions come, I am always ready to go. I don't think I ever have not been.

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

Every moment, every practice, every game, everywhere; I just love competing. Competition is in my DNA.

My nerves tend to dissipate once the match starts. When I know I've practiced as much as I can and I do my best and leave it all out there, I feel OK no matter what happens.

I approach every match with that mindset, that this guy is trying to beat you, and it will change his life if he does.

When Lee and Jack win, it is good for golf. When I win, it is better.

If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.

What's a good tournament for him? Winning it. He's good enough.

I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them.

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.

No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.

My goal is always the same: to keep the other player from ever scoring a point. That doesn't always happen, but that's what I try for.

Every time I step on the court, I know I can beat my opponent.

If I'm not Top 10 or seeded every tournament, it really doesn't matter. I can beat anyone on a good day.

I'm just super competitive. Squash, tennis, water skiing, computer games... Even if I played you at pool, I'd have to win.

I never chased around with the opposition or got too well acquainted with them, because when the time in the ballgame came up where I had to pitch inside, I didn't want to hesitate.

As a player, you have to focus on the match and not too much on the surroundings.

We gotta play hard and leave it all out there. Dive for lose balls, take charges, just do whatever it takes to win the game.

It's tough to think before a tournament that you can win.

You can't go into a game lax and acting like somebody isn't trying to beat you.

My mentality is that I play football to win. You have to do everything you can to win. The most important thing is that you leave nothing out there on the pitch.