Quotes About Determination

Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it.

Any time you try to win everything, you must be willing to lose everything.

A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.

Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.

You learn you can do your best even when its hard, even when you're tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage.

Doubters don't win, winners don't doubt.

Passion is pushing myself when there is no one else around-just me and the road.

Playing well or playing bad, I have to play aggressive. I must play aggressive.

The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal.

Don't just stand back and play the way you're coached. A great player must rise to the occasion and turn the game around on his own.

Football doesn't build character, it reveals character.

You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.

The key is that I control my life; my life doesn't control me.

What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.

One shouldn't be afraid to lose; this is sport. One day you win; another day you lose. Of course, everyone wants to be the best. This is normal. This is what sport is about. This is why I love it.

Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.

I have no regrets because I know I did my best - all I could do.

The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.

The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think about it.

Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

If you play to win as I do, the game never ends.

Beaten paths are for beaten men.

Nothing focuses the mind better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the map.

Sport is not about being wrapped up in cotton wool. Sport as about adapting to the unexpected and being able to modify plans at the last minute. Sport, like all life, is about taking risks.