Patrick Ewing Quotes

Part of what makes you great as a young player can hurt you at the end of your career, in terms of you need a certain amount of ego, a certain amount of arrogance to be able to play well and to push yourself and trick yourself into thinking you're better than you really are.

As a footballer, you have to be confident you can win all the time so it does not come as a surprise.

I've always been very hard on myself, and I never want to get to a point where I'm like, 'Alright, I'm kicking butt,' but I know I need to be confident because I think that will take my game to the next level.

I feel like if I play my game then I can beat anyone on my day, so there's no pressure.

Humble enough to prepare, confident enough to perform.

You've always got to have that inner confidence in you. That's where it all starts. You're gong to have good days, you're going to have bad days. You've got to have the same desire and try to get better each day.

I'm competitive with myself, and that goes hand in hand with how I present myself. I'm not only trying to put one foot in front of the other, I'm trying to put my best foot forward.

Each day, you get an ounce more confidence. When we're playing like we are, there's no reason not to.

I don't care what other people say. I fight every day to be the best player I can.

You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.

I always think I am going to do my best.

Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't.

Yeah, I feel good. Good about my game and my life.

I have a lot of confidence in my game. I love to play with confidence, be aggressive, and that's just how I've always done it.

Self-confidence has always been one of my good qualities. I am always very confident. It is in my nature to be confident, to be aggressive. And it applies in my batting as well as wicketkeeping.

I am not the one who has to try to beat me.

In the NHL, 95 percent of success is confidence.

Doubt can be good because it means you want to improve: you want to be a better person, a better player. But it's also good not to have too many doubts on the court.

Any player will stand in front of you and say they're confident in their abilities and I'm no different.

I always have confidence, whether I miss four in a row or make four in a row, that the next one's going in. To a coach, sometimes that might not make sense.

My motivation has always been high. I've never doubted myself.

I'm always confident, always expect high expectations for myself.

You don't go into a game thinking, 'I'm not confident.' You always think you're going to win.

I'm always thinking about the private battle, even in the field. I'm always trying to be better than the other person I'm against.

I go out there, and I know if I play my game, then I'm going to be all right.