Quotes About Attitude

When you're up there and everything feels good and you're competing against the pitcher and the pitcher strikes you out, you're like, 'OK, yeah, I struck out, but that's OK.'

If you take a band like Nirvana, their biggest hits are structurally the same as even a hair metal band's biggest hits. The structure's not different - the attitude was different. Except it really wasn't. It seemed a little more human.

We have to figure out how to do that, in terms of playing with that mindset of just not caring. Playing free in a structured manner.

I didn't do well in school, and I didn't really care to cater to certain social structures that were in place to be cool.

I've never struggled with boys.

You're going to have your struggles every now and then, but you've just got to always keep it in perspective and try to have a good time.

The struggles don't define you. It's how you handle them that determines who you are.

Sometimes the game does not go for you, no matter how much you try, but I do what I can and leave other people to their opinions on how I played.

People are making judgements about Russian people based on me. This is why I never allow myself any aggression towards my opponent.

I don't respect any opponent when I'm in the ring.

I will take every match seriously and respect every opponent.

The opponent never matters to me. That's something I've always said.

I have to respect my opponent, always, doesn't matter who he is, but I'll get in there and win. That's a fact.

I don't see why I should be happy scoring a goal against an opponent on a much lower level than we are.

I can honestly say that every time I go on court, I see the opponent in a competitive way, but not a rival.

I always played my best when I respected my opponent and was a little scared of them because they could beat me. Every game I played in college, that was the case.

You are there to score goals, and doing so shows respect for your opponent, it demonstrates that you are taking him seriously.

Look, most players can't stand to be outplayed by an opponent's bluff. Quite honestly, though, it doesn't bother me that much.

I am not the kind of person who always hopes for the easiest opponent.

I don't care if it's someone cutting down from heavyweight, or moving up from middleweight to light heavyweight. It's just another opponent, and I have to do a great job.

Usually with my opponents, I don't care if they win the lottery or they die.

I don't like to disrespect people or my opponents. Anything can happen.

I focus on my opponents the same way whether they are a champion or not.

All the time, I said to my players, 'I don't care about the name on the badge or the name of the opponents.'