Quotes About Performance

There's a show in America where all these people compete with ferrets, and they don't even do anything. They basically just hold them up, and if they don't bite you, they might win.

Any time you can go out and compete is better than getting on a practice court.

I have a very high expectation for everything I do. And when I go out and compete, I expect myself to make every play.

I try to play like Kohli and compete with him.

It's always fun to compete against the best.

All I can do is turn up and compete.

I'm going to try to go out and do my best, and I'm going to try and compete every play.

Is my ability what it was at, say, 25 or 30 years old? Probably not, but I like to compete. I like to go out and play the game hard.

Kids should be encouraged to compete.

I can only control what I do when I go compete.

I'm fit, but I need to get even more fit to compete with these guys every week.

Understanding how to compete better has really made a difference.

My main thing is I'm going to compete on every play, try to be focused on both ends of the court. That said, I'll always bring my excitement, my swag, to the game.

For me, it's more important to bring my level up and make sure that I can compete against guys in the top 100 and top 50 instead of maybe being 120 or 130 and not being able to compete with those guys.

I was always more of an athlete. I like to compete.

I'm putting in the time to make sure that my body is ready to compete at the top level.

When you're off the court, that's when it's time to talk or whatever you want to do. But once it goes up, it's time to compete.

When I'm on the court, I just compete.

It's not easy when you lose Flamini, Hleb, Senderos, Gilberto, and Lehmann. When you lose all these players - and Flamini, for me, was the best player last year - it's really difficult to compete against Chelsea, Man United, or Liverpool.

There's no comparison to competition. You can't tell yourself truly where you're at unless you compete in competition.

It's exciting to be able to go out and compete every night and show what you can do.

Every single time you compete, I don't care what it is, you want to perform the best you can, and I feel like I'm doing that.

I love to compete. I love to be on the field.

When you play for Liverpool and England, you have good players around you, and you want to compete with the best.