Brian McBride Quotes

I prepare so I can be in the whole game.

Even if we don't play fantastically, with good passing and precision and finesse, the most important thing is to win.

Just like any other game we're taking on we've got to prepare, prepare hard, mentally, physically. We've been practicing hard.

Great execution. That's what you have to do when you're playing great teams.

Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.

One of the reasons I connect to the Super Bowl is that I approach my shows like an athlete.

When I am on court, I am so focused on what I am doing, that's all I think about - trying to win the next point.

When I'm on the field, I really don't focus on fans. I just focus on my responsibility, which is the guy right across from me.

When I'm on the field, I'm locked in, focused on my job. I try to have a positive play and try to get points on the board.

You want to go out there, and you want to be sharp, and you want to execute your game plan and... get it done fast.

Just trying to go out there and do the same thing I do every time, take it one pitch at a time and give us the best chance to win.

We ignore noise, and we really just to try hunker down on preparation, our practice, and going out and trying to play our best games on Sundays.

Nothing goes through your head when you're playing except who you are playing against and what you can do to affect the game.

I don't focus on how I'm gonna get the finish or how I would like to get the finish. I focus on just my game plan that I've gone over with myself, my coaches. If the finish comes it comes.

I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis.

You rewind. You think of your preparation. You think of everything you did throughout the week, your life, the practices, the intensity. Everything flashes, and you come right back to that point. And it's like, game on.

The team that gets to play to their plan is usually the team that has the most success.

When there's an important tournament going on, I try and stay in a bubble. It's easy that way because then you don't have to worry about anything else.

You don't simply tell someone to get out there and win the tennis match. You say 'move your feet' or 'watch the fuzz on the ball' to really get into the Zen of it. You pull all that together, and then you just might hold up the Wimbledon Plate... It's not about winning first place but bringing every element of effort to whatever you do.

At big championships it's not the fastest person, it's the person who gets it right on the day.

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.

Having three tough finishing holes in a major, you know, you know that, most likely, it's going to come down to those last three holes. Having a good game plan, a good strategy, and executing obviously is going to be the big key.

To me, I'm going out there focusing on competing, not worrying about cardio or anything like that.