Jessie Vargas Quotes

Yes, we have to look at our opponents and study our opponents. But you have to look at you first and know you can do it.

I don't just study my opponent; I study myself. It's something you have to do to get better.

The art of coaching is to give a player freedom to bring out his talent. It is the player's responsibility for what happens once they are on the pitch.

Tonya Verbeek is a rival of mine I always come up against in the semis or the final of the Olympics. We have been fighting each other for a long time, so she knew my wrestling, and I knew hers... I was thinking that the only thing I could do was somehow to deceive her, anticipate her and get in my tackles.

Barcelona focus a lot on what Barcelona does and not on what others are going to do. It creates a different way of working. Of course we studied our opponents to see their weak points and their strong points, but 70 per cent of the time, it was about us.

If you have an opponent who is clearly better than you, then OK, you have something to analyse.

Decisions need to be made in milliseconds out on the field, and you need to almost know what the other guy is thinking and exactly what he's going to do.

Every case is different, but what I want to do first and foremost at Southend is to get the players up to speed.

To train a national team, you have to know what team you have at your disposal and what this team is capable of. You need to get the best out of them and take them as far as possible. Yet, sometimes, you can't achieve your goals.

Each training session I'm getting better and better. I have no other duties now, no worries, it's all about training, eating and sleeping. I have a lot more time and can put a lot more effort into training. I'm feeling better every day. As long as I'm feeling myself I'm definitely in no doubt I can go to the Olympics and win.

Nobody's perfect, but at the same time, I always try to learn from my mistakes.

But I shall let the little I have learnt go forth into the day in order that someone better than I may guess the truth, and in his work may prove and rebuke my error. At this I shall rejoice that I was yet a means whereby this truth has come to light.

I believe that you go through your past and you learn what you learn for whatever reason. I'm just glad I'm not making fifteen-year-old mistakes at twenty-six - I got that out of the way.

I have to say I've made many mistakes, and been humbled many, many times. But you know what? It's never too late to learn.

Take the middle 70 percent and tell them what they need to do to get into the top 20 percent.

We could all use a little coaching. When you're playing the game, it's hard to think of everything.

It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.

All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.

My sense of insecurity keeps me alert, always ready to correct my errors.

It takes a man a long time to learn all the lessons of all his mistakes.

No one's perfect. And we've all made our mistakes and you just have to live with them and try to not make them again.

To rectify past blunders is impossible, but we might profit by the experience of them.

Fighting for me is a chess game. I'm not angry with my opponent. I just want to go in there and win.

A quick way for any player to make himself better is to think about what he himself doesn't like to play against

All of your errors have not built a wall against your success. They have paved your way to it.