Quotes About Resilience

Even if I start on the bench, if I come on, I go. Because I know I should be on the pitch, and I want to show why.

I've been able to come back at a high level which is something I'm happy about, not just stand on the pitch but able to perform as well.

I can speak about me: I never want to be off the pitch; I never want to come off.

Anyone who was been injured for a long period can emphasise how happy you are when you are able to be back on the pitch.

When you come off the pitch, and you have had some chances but not scored, it is difficult.

It doesn't matter, if you're on the pitch, how old you are. You have to keep going - you have to perform - and if you're 18 or 36, you have to play your games.

I will always fight and give my all on the pitch.

There are times you need more than talent, and so you have to make sure you give your all and leave everything out there on the pitch.

Good teams, whatever the circumstances or the atmosphere or the pitch, find a way of playing.

The battle to win - on the pitch and in the boardroom - begins and ends in one's head.

When you pitch a half-baked idea it's so easy for someone to pick it apart and hate on it.

You have to try to move your feet and get to the pitch to hit the spinners away.

People say that because I'm short I get a lot more skid off the pitch.

The way we're going... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the phone on me.

When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed.

Every pitcher can beat you, it doesn't matter how good you are.

Be aggressive... That's the type of pitcher I am. I go as hard as I can for as long as I can and see where the cards fall.

You have to go up there, and it's you vs. the pitcher. No one's there to help you. That's how I go about it.

What's important is to get into the pitcher's head: to know what he's made of.

As a pitcher, you can't afford to get too ticked off.

Good pitchers, after a tough outing, bounce back. Real good pitchers don't let too many poor games get in there.

There are some great pitchers in this league. You're going to get fooled sometimes. They're going to get you.

Most pitchers fear losing their fastball, but since I don't have one, I have nothing to fear but fear itself.

I started coaching in the Interregionale league in Catanzaro. There were pitches with no grass; at times, we had no water, no training equipment. I had to do it all myself.