Mats Hummels Quotes

I just hated to lose.

I don't need to scare the other athletes. When I'm running, I will scare them.

There is no point in winning contests if you can't leave mental scars on the minds of the opposition teams.

When you go against the best... a lot of series are won on fear factor or the non-belief. When you have that non-belief, then you have no chance.

The best players have the mental advantage throughout the league.

If the offensive player starts losing confidence, that gets the defender's confidence up - and I think the team can feel it.

I can't stand to lose.

I never look past an opponent that I have.

In cricket, there is a lot of psychology in the game, especially if you are watching people who are not top-class.

It's very frustrating when you don't always get the right kind of rub - you watch tennis and know if you play better than the other guy, you win. But that's the game we play. It can create mini-upsets.

To beat Serena, she's world No. 1, so it's always tough to beat someone like this. She's never giving up. Even if she's losing, not playing her best, it's always tough to beat girls like this.

I was young and playing against big players and big clubs. In the beginning, I was thinking they were better than me, and maybe I was a bit scared, also.

Eventually you get tired of losing.

I tried, it was hard, I quit, the end. Story of my life.

It's impossible, when one team and one player is afraid of something that might happen in a match, they will not play well, they will not have 100 per cent confidence.

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.

No matter how you lose, you hate losing.

The advantage I have over every other fighter is my mentality.

At home is where you have to be stronger and get more points and make the other team feel uncomfortable.

I hate to lose.

I'm always disappointed when we lose, and it's happened quite a few times.

You cannot win every game.

Guys like Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal know how to win matches, they don't need to have as much confidence as other players.

When I lose, I'll get knocked out. It won't be because I got outworked or outskilled or anything like that.

Whenever you lose, it's always bad, and especially against Barcelona.