Mike Phelan Quotes

I try and watch the ball closely. I've played the game for many years now, and I know my talent will take over if I just watch the ball and enjoy myself out there.

For me, playing the game of football, obviously there's a lot of emotions going on. But I always like to keep calm and just be myself.

My thing was play as hard as you can, don't be stupid, pay attention to details, and have enough guts in the clutch that you're not afraid to make a play. Some things I thought were important for a young man to know.

It gives me a lot of confidence to play with my feet, and I have to be focused for 90 minutes.

When the big games come, I show up.

I think, in football, you have to go through difficulties.

Football is all about self-confidence.

You have to be different on the field than you are at home.

You can't play with fear in football. There is a lot of respect - you have respect for everybody, the ones on top and the bottom - but never fear.

This game is not only about putting the ball in the basket. It's the behavior, discipline, approach, preparation. Play with purpose and lead with purpose.

I focus on playing football, and there are many battles you have to think about and which must be won.

Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.

In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

I don't look at football as a violent, barbaric sport. It's a very spiritual sport, especially for someone facing the challenges during a game: the fear of failure, the fear of getting too big an ego, of making a mistake and everybody criticizing you.

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

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

The young athlete who aspires to greatness, generally speaking, learns a number of things from several different coaches. The first one taught him the fundamentals; the second one instilled discipline in him and taught him more of the techniques that must be mastered to excel.

I think any football is a guy that is able to one, be able to be humble and hungry off the field, but at the same time on the football field understand what they have to get done and be a little bit ferocious.

I don't think there is a perfect athlete. But if I had to come close to picking someone who demonstrates all the traits that I feel an athlete should have, I would say the perfect athlete would be Tiger Woods. He has the ability, he's humble and he's very good at what he does.

I'm going to go in and play, because the most important thing is playing on the field and being able to contribute. I really am ready.

I'd far rather talk about players. They are the people who make things happen.

The day I think about throwing the ball away at the beginning of a play, I should stop playing.

Yes, I applied a lot of what I did in football to golf.

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.