Seasonal Performance Quotes

I've been consistent in patches this season.

This year, I feel strong. I'm looking forward to having my best season in the last few years.

All the foundation work you plant in the early seasons pay off in stronger storylines deep into our seasons. I think that only aids in performance.

Motorsport is very expensive. No one cares if you had a good season two years ago and then you have an injury. It is a very dodgy investment.

You've got to remember, the older you get the slower you get. I've seen a lot of players get old ... if I can have a good season in 1972 and come back with another good one, well, that's different. I might not quit. But two bad ones back to back and staying home would be written on the wall.

I want to continue to improve season after season, which I think I've done.

But so far I have the feeling that the chances are there to repeat last year's season.

I guess when you have that one monster season, it's good because you're recognized. If it weren't for that season, not as many people would know about my career. But it also kind of diminishes what I did in other years.

Every summer is important. If you have a bad summer, it can have consequences for the whole season. If you don't get people to rest and to have a very good pre-season, you can start the season chasing.

When I look at a season, and it's all said and done, and the thing I look for is, first off, did my team win?

We felt like when we went into last year we had a pretty good chance to win the championship from the previous year with the fall we put together. We've got the same everything now, so I think we can come back and be as strong this year.

You obviously want to start the season out with a big game and to follow it up by continuing to get better.

We need to improve each season.

There are games where the striker will be useful for the team in terms of creating space and being involved in the game, without necessarily scoring, but he'll have played an important role for the team. But, of course, over the course of a season, I have to score goals, as that's what statistics reflect.

Through the regular season, if you get really good at what you do, teams will have a hard time adjusting to you.

I can't stand comparisons to the past. It doesn't matter what we did in previous seasons.

If I play all the IPL games the whole season, I do get a bit tired towards the end.

I always wanted to score goals, but sometimes I've scored and been terrible and other times I felt I played well and didn't score. I looked at the statsheet the season where I scored 27 goals and I had one assist and was frustrated.

History shows that it is incredibly tough for a defender to be named Footballer of the Year because over the course of a year there is normally always a forward who steals the headlines up front.

If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter.

Coaches who shoot par in the summer are the guys I want on my schedule in the winter.

If you win the Premier League it means you have managed the difficult moments of the season better than anyone else.

In the frenzy, roller coaster of the season, you can play up and play down. But if you're strong enough, you can change those habits and tendencies and make them into championship-type habits and tendencies. That doesn't guarantee you that you're going to win, but it gives you the best chance. That's all I can ask for. That's all I want.

Replacing someone who has scored more than 30 goals in the previous season is not easy.

That's what I've always tried to do. I've always tried to prepare the same. I've always just tried to keep the same routine throughout the season and go out there and try to be consistent on Sundays.