Quotes About Attitude

There are players who are arrogant, and players who probably need more self-confidence. But if you get the balance right, you can get the best out of yourself.

You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.

Sometimes I feel like I'm lacking a playfulness. I envy guys who are consistently able to maintain a playful, optimistic perspective on things.

Show me a man who is a good loser and I'll show you a man who is playing golf with his boss.

When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.

My wife gives me a hard time, whether it's playing games with people we don't know too well and I'm intense. I could probably turn off a few people to probably being around me because of that.

Whether it's the playoffs, whether it's not the playoffs, it doesn't matter as long as we're getting better.

Most people miss the great part mental outlook plays in this game.

I think lingerie plays a big part in how you carry yourself.

I'm a nice guy to anyone I meet, until they show me they don't deserve niceness. I'll turn very quickly. But I'm pretty pleasant overall.

I just approach everything by just doing the best job I can do and try to be a pleasant person.

You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, 'What's in it for me?'

A dog is like a liberal. He wants to please everybody. A cat really doesn't need to know that everybody loves him.

Our judgments when we are pleased and friendly are not the same as when we are pained and hostile.

In a way, sometimes I was quite pleased when I got beat, 'cos then I could do my antics.

I've been satisfied with everything since I arrived at Barca, and I'm pleased with the players' attitude.

If players are pleased to come off the pitch, that says they are not interested and don't want to be on there.

I think you can be smart and directed and focused, without being obnoxious, and get plenty done.

There are a lot of reasons why guys can miss - it isn't always just black and white - but you just have to learn to move on from it. That's just the approach I take. I've missed plenty of kicks before.

People ask me why I can still smile on the pitch when we're losing. I tell them that if you lose your smile and stop being happy, you should find yourself a plot in the graveyard.

One of the big lessons I have learnt from my life is that things are never as difficult as they seem. When you actively plunge into it, you realize you can easily do it.

Okay, sense of humor: plus one. Being able to laugh at yourself: plus one. Being able to laugh at other people without being mean: plus one. Vanity: minus one.

Well, for us, it's always better not to have too many expectations and to just go with the flow because then it's always a big plus no matter what happens.

We have to get out of the mindset that, 'If I invest $1 in crop insurance, I want to make sure I get a $1.10 or plus out of that.'