Andre Drummond Quotes

If I miss a shot, make a turnover - move on to the next play, don't compound the mistake by getting down.

Once you lose everything, what's the worst that's going to happen to you? You develop a self-assurance.

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

My philosophy is to not be scared of anyone. If I play well, great; if I don't, I learn from the match and move on.

I'm not the type of player to let the 3s get me down: 'Oh, I'm missing a couple of 3s. I don't want to do this no more.' No, I'm out there playing basketball, and I'm not going to let that get me down.

I don't worry about who they're putting in front of me. Why would I? That's just nonsense for me to waste my energy.

I just go out there and play basketball. I'm not worried about missing. I just got to be thinking about the next shot.

I don't go crazy when I don't have my best game and say: 'Oof, I've lost my chance, I'm not going to play again.'

Life stuff happens. You get knocked down, and you get back up. That's just always been my mentality. I'm not really fazed by anything. It's in the past. There's nothing I can really do about it now. You learn from it, and you move on.

I don't really worry about what the defense is trying to scheme to do against me. It really doesn't matter.

A disability can be anything that you are insecure about, and I teach people that when challenges come your way, you need to face them, you need to embrace these new norms and these challenges, and you need to defy them and conquer them.

There's never been a point when I've questioned myself. If I've ever had a setback at a club I've always made it my mission to show why I should be in the team instead of dwelling on it.

It's hard for anyone or any situation to rattle me, as a quarterback and a person.

My mentality is that no matter how good or bad the previous play was, move on to the next one.

Every good tennis player has to have a short memory. Good or bad.

Everything that comes with the game, I think I will handle it extremely easily. I don't let a lot of that outside stuff bother me.

It's not so simple to just stay in the moment and trust your game and your strength that you can turn it around.

What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't do well I can put on my big girl panties, deal with it and move on.

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

Tennis is like, it gives you a lot of chances, but if you don't take those chances, it takes a lot of chances away from you. It's just the scoring pattern. We cannot dwell over a loss or a win for very long. We have no time to celebrate; we have no time to dwell; we have to move on. Wake up the next day and try and win the match.

I'm proud of the way I've dealt with setbacks. It's hard when you feel down and you think, 'Why is the world doing this to me?' But you have to pick yourself up again. That's what makes you a better athlete.

Slumps don't bother me.

I stopped thinking too much about what could happen and relied on my physical and mental strength to play the right shots at the right time.

Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems.