Quotes About Effort

I don't go out to enjoy myself: I enjoy myself when I'm learning in training, but I don't enjoy the 90 minutes I spend out on the pitch during a game.

Stephen Ireland is one of the most talented players I have seen, and Nigel de Jong is doing really well. He fights for his team all over the pitch, and he has a lot of character.

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

Scoring comes naturally because every time I come off the pitch and I haven't got a goal, then I am not happy with my performance.

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.

I like to be on the pitch, I like to perform and impact the game.

The best players, they're always the last ones off the pitch, always working on this, working on that, and they put that into games.

Everything you do off the pitch always shows so you have to work on yourself physically as well, it's not just working on your touch.

I work hard every week and when I come off the pitch after each game I like to think I've done everything possible to help my team.

What matters is that on the pitch we give the maximum to prove that money is not everything.

My business is to perform on the pitch, to put in performances and that is what I want to do.

I'm like a pitcher. I'm either on or off.

I just try to make the pitcher work.

If you talk to any pitcher, consistency is the most important thing.

Control what I can control. Study the pitchers, work hard, put the work in. That's all I can control.

You're just trying to go out there and give seven innings. Seven innings, 105 pitches, that's a good outing.

Sometimes you don't have your best stuff every day. You've just got to go out there and try to make pitches.

We have to have great pitching performances from our guys, and we have to take it from there.

People who pity themselves think, 'Why would I try to do anything? I'll just fail.'

I'd love to say second place is great, but it's not.

Any time I try to play anything that doesn't come natural, I'm just plain bad.

Don't get me wrong: I think that everyone should put forth an effort to do better, but let's face it, some of us are just plain luckier than others.

I'm going to give you everything I've got, I'm going to put my body on the line, and I'm going to entertain you. Plain and simple.

You can plan to be brave - it's even better if you just try to be brave.