Quotes About Effort

I just try to do whatever I can to win the game.

You have to learn how to win in this league. It's a process.

I'm just a physical player and I just try to make physical plays and just plays period for my team and do things that they need me to do to help them win.

It takes about eight years to develop as an Olympic athlete, very few athletes actually who go there win medal in their first Games.

I'm just glad my gold medal's at home, because I'd hate to try to win another.

A true champion is a true champion. They go fight and win or lose, give it their all.

In football, even when you do your best on the pitch, you can win or lose. That is the nature of the game.

I don't care if I win or lose; I know I'm going to give 110%, and I'm going to hold my head high at the end of the day.

I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win.

It is not up to me whether I win or lose. Ultimately, this might not be my day. And it is that philosophy towards sports, something that I really truly live by. I am emotional. I want to win. I am hungry. I am a competitor. I have that fire. But deep down, I truly enjoy the art of competing so much more than the result.

That's what I am trying to be, just trying to affect the game any way possible, rebounding, getting a block, or trying to get a stop even when your shot isn't falling, because, at the end of the day, all that matters is whether you win or lose.

Win or lose, I believe in giving my best and that is what I always do.

Win or lose, I always focus only on giving my 100%.

Tension is the greatest curse in sport. I've never had any tension. You give the best you have - you win or lose. What's the difference if you give all you've got to give?

Win or lose, I'm going to leave everything on the mat. That's what gold medalists do.

Film is similar to a basketball game. When that buzzer sounds, win or lose, the only thing you can control is how much effort you put into it.

When you compete you feel as though you can help the team. Win or lose you can have a hand in what happens.

Win or lose, I've been fortunate to be able to pitch deep enough into games to get decisions.

Tennis is very much a meritocracy. There's no favoritism, there's no politics. You either win or lose based on how you perform in the moment.

I've always done my best inside the Octagon, fought the best there is, and win or lose, I've done my best in my fights.

Whether you win or lose against English teams, you always feel it's been a proper contest.

I don't think that if I do this or that, the team will win or lose, and so on. I just think what I can do from a given situation.

I go in and I fight and I do my best, win or lose. That's just what it is with me.

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.