Neil Robertson Quotes

My long-term goal is to get as high as possible in the rankings, and to improve my game each day. If I am able to do that, my ranking should get better and better.

Some weeks, I'll go super-hard at practice for two straight days, but then the third day, something happens away from basketball, and I'll lose focus. I'll say, 'I just want to get through practice. I don't want to conquer it today.' But then I'll go home and realize I missed a chance to get better, and it'll bother me.

You have to be able to shut out everything else, all the distractions and criticism. There's a lot of work that went on off the pitch, a lot of conversations, to make that happen.

I have learnt from many experienced players in the Mumbai team as well as the India A team how to be consistent. That helps a lot to ensure that I don't get into bad form.

I do need to focus on playing my football and what's happening on the pitch rather than off it... I want to be myself and not think about it.

If I can win matches for the team, that will automatically help me personally.

I was told, 'Your career's made by what you don't do,' and that always stuck with me. I drive my agent mad!

Ultimately I want to win. That's my main focus as my rookie year.

I just go out there and try to compete to the best of my abilities.

You have to be consistent in your work, consistent in your performances, because, if not, then you might not have as many games as you would like. Less games you play, then less chances to have a clean sheet.

I have to step up and do well in every match I get to play.

Because we're playing tournaments week in and week out I'd think to myself, 'What's the point in practising?' You have no down time to yourself and you're looking for some to spend with your family and friends. But I've now realised that with the game so cut-throat and standards going up every week, it doesn't work.

The most unfortunate thing in cricket is not achieving what I set out to do from the very beginning: to be a part of a successful team over a long period of time. I had a little taste of it when I started in 1989, and up till 1995.

It's important to improve all aspects of my game so when the situation comes along, I will be ready.

You need a long-term coach to be able to win.

That's my every day: putting things aside and going out there and have two hours of concentration of tennis.

I think if you think that far ahead about the first four, or to be champions, that is something you cannot control. You can control the training, and then the performance will come game by game, and do not think that far ahead.

As an athlete, it's very important to have an open mind and to be willing to learn.

The one thing about being an athlete, say you are struggling with throwing a comeback route, well, then you go out and practice it. You throw it 100 times a day, and you get better at it, and you see those improvements pretty rapidly.

With experience also comes the understanding that you have to beat the rally before you can beat the competition.

Anything that would help me get my ranking up and get me seeded at tournaments will make my draws a lot easier and give me a much better opportunity to go deep in these tournaments.

We must take on each match as best we can and try to recover from each as quickly as possible.

It is all about the kind of experience you garner over the years, which tends to make a difference in the way you play at the top level.

Of course when you are starting to be a coach you want to do your best and my national team is my dream.

There's so many things running through your mind. If you can formulate a game plan that works for you and allows you to block outside distractions and get to what matters, that's how the talent is able to come out.