Quotes About Determination

It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

You play to win the game...Hello. You play to win the game.

Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.

When building a team, I always search first for people who love to win. If I can't find any of those, I look for people who hate to lose.

Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.

That's one thing you learn in sports. You don't give up; you fight to the finish.

The secret of this sport is, while you're the nail, hang in there, let them hit you, until the day you become the hammer, then you smash them back!

Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.

Sometimes the biggest problem is in your head. You've got to believe you can play a shot instead of wondering where your next bad shot is coming from.

I told you all I was going to be No. 1, and I did just that.

When you fall, get right back up. Just keep going, keep pushing it.

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.

If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll discuss the options later.

Winners are not born, they are self-made.

The best pitchers have a short term memory and a bullet proof confidence.

I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

Pressure is playing for ten dollars when you don't have a dime in your pocket.

If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?

You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.

They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.

Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence.

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.