Roddy Piper Quotes

You have to play your 'A' game in every single match and that's a good thing.

The kind of young woman who can be a terrific torchbearer has high standards all the time, not just in her prom dress, but every, ordinary day.

Real Madrid have to be at their best in every single training session and every single game.

You have to be ready for all the games and be at 100 per cent if you want to win in this League.

That is what all the top players do and if you want to be the best you know you are going to get marked.

I can 100 percent compete at the top level in every game that I play.

I want to be one of the guys, but I also want to be 'the' guy, the guy that can go out there and they can rely on in crunch time. I'm going to be the guy that they know will show up every day, every game, every play and show up on a consistently great level.

I am not trying my best because it is the Olympics. I try my best always.

You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.

So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.

You can't give away points and games against someone like Murray. You're not going to make it to the top with that kind of effort.

It is difficult to take in how long you have been doing one thing when you compete at the highest level and always with the highest intensity.

Nobody can walk on a track and beat me unless they have an extraordinary day and I have a bad day, which I keep from happening.

You have to win your place every day and train at 100 percent always.

If you're the quarterback and want to be the best on the field, you've got to act like it.

To stay at the elite end of professional sport you need to show an awful lot of dedication.

As a team, you always need to show something extra in the Champions League.

I have the highest goals for myself. That's going out there and being the best player on the floor every time. That's my mentality. If it's Michael Jordan, you know, that's the mentality I take to the court.

I always give my best in training as if it was a Champions League final.

I want to be the same guy I am in the weight room that I am on the football field.

I expect myself to perform at that level every single week.

If you can get your team to that point of being able to be in that playoff race mindset every week, that's something that most teams can't do.

It's really important at United that you've been brought up with that winning mentality.

The expectation at United is to win every game and you have to be at your very best in training, never mind in the games.

As for myself, in sport you have to question yourself every week and be ready in your head, and you have to be at 100% of determination if you want to keep going and win games; you cannot afford to be at 80% or 90%.