Quotes About Determination

I have read that I was a Bill Bradley type. I wish I was a Bradley. He was one of the best. He helped his team win two championships, and that's the ultimate.

All I got to say is I've got to put myself mentally and physically in a position where I can play at a high level and help my team win and that's what I plan on doing.

Let the doubters talk as much as they want. I know my game, and I know I'm helping my team win games. That's all that matters.

I will play as long as I can help a team win.

I remember the day I met Cammi Granato, a former star on the U.S. women's hockey team. We were at a Women's Sports Foundation dinner in 1996, and she came over to introduce herself. She had watched the U.S. women's soccer team win gold at the Atlanta Olympics and was hopeful the U.S. women's hockey team could do the same.

You always want to give yourself an edge, want to help your team win. That's pretty much going to preparation.

I ensure I am focused throughout the game, whether that is making a chance for myself or receiving the ball from a teammate to score.

It's nothing, really, for me to be able to say it's overwhelming or anything. It's just - you do the interviews, you interact with everybody, and you make sure that, at the end of the day, you focus on why you're here, and that's to play football and make sure I can contribute as a teammate.

I used to be so focused on winning, I had a really hard time enjoying soccer. If I missed a shot, I would spend a lot of time thinking about how I'd disappointed my teammates. Then I learned how moments of struggle make you stronger.

I'm a quiet guy, but on the pitch, it's different. You have to do everything you can to win and help your teammates.

I was a great teammate and I love all my teammates, and then No. 2 is I'm a champion. So I don't care if anyone says I suck, because I don't.

Every time I step out on that field, I'm 100 percent. My teammates know that. They know what I'm out there dealing with. I know what I'm out there dealing with. But when it comes to my mindset, I'm 100 percent.

At any level I'm not built with complacency. I think you see that in the way I play. The people that manage me know that, my teammates know that. I'm not built like that.

I think all the great ones have it. They just have a will they can put on their teammates. Refuse to lose mentality. When you step in the huddle with any of those guys, you're so calm that he knows what the heck he's doing and he can get the job done.

As a competitor, you want to be out there in the fire with your teammates.

When I'm out there on the mound, I'm fighting for my teammates, fighting for the ability to stay in the game for a long time. It's war. I see the hitter - I think about what I want to do, but it's a very quick process. Then I attack. It's almost primal.

People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.

Along with my teammates, we have a lot more great things to achieve, and we will continue to help PSG grow as a big club internationally. The support of all those that love this club will help us go beyond our own limits and defend our colours with passion and determination.

In my mind, every time I touch the ball, I believe I have the ability to score with the help of my teammates.

I don't pay attention to what people think. I don't really care what people think. All that matters is my teammates and my coaches.

I put out on Twitter that the only thing I terrorize is the rim. People know me, my teammates know me, everybody knows me.

If someone says something to me, I am not going to back down. Whether it's defending myself or standing up for one of my teammates, that is the way I play the game.

I know what I'm about. My teammates know, my family knows, everything else, I can't worry about.

First, I'm just trying to set screens for my teammates and then just be aggressive, make the right play.