Alexis Sanchez Quotes

A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players' performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength.

Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.

Matches are won and lost so many times in the locker room.

For me, fielding and running between the wickets are two things that are very important. For that, you need to motivate the guys about how much of an effect it will have on the game.

You hope to bring your 'A Game' to any game, and of course you do in a final. You hope to bring experience, fitness, communication skills, motivational skills.

When I'm on the field, I'm locked in, focused on my job. I try to have a positive play and try to get points on the board.

Ultimately, we've got to make sure our players understand that the margin for error is very small against these top teams in the world, and we've been punished several times for that.

I just concentrate on my performance and the football.

Football is all about self-confidence.

Each game, each series, there's so many different things that are going on and you have to find different ways to impact winning.

Playing sports is great when you're young. It teaches you how to focus, how to direct your energy, how not to think about a million other things that are going on.

This game is not only about putting the ball in the basket. It's the behavior, discipline, approach, preparation. Play with purpose and lead with purpose.

I think, of course, when you are coming somewhere, when you know you are playing good tennis, it always helps you.

I think the most important thing of all for any team is a winning attitude. The coaches must have it. The players must have it. The student body must have it. If you have dedicated players who believe in themselves, you don't need a lot of talent.

I'm someone who always comes on the court no matter what's going on in my life. It's all about basketball and my teammates and my team. I don't let any distractions in, and I bring my best every night, regardless of what's going on or what people are talking about.

My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.

Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.

Great execution. That's what you have to do when you're playing great teams.

But as coaches, we need to get a little more fire and passion and be more demanding that our guys get the job done. I think players will respond to that, and we'll see.

Football is football and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference.

We've got to play better basketball.

You can teach all the other stuff, you know. You can teach shooting the ball, you can teach having a good touch... passing and whatnot, but when you get out there on the field, it's just a mindset you need to go into the game with.

It's always hard - if you're not the best player on your team, how can you be the best player in college?

You can only do so much in the gym or pool. Seventy per cent of it is physical, but the final 30 per cent is down to the mental capacity to actually control what you can do in competition.