Alexander Gustafsson Quotes

I am quite a relaxed person out of the car, but in the car I am aggressive, I never give up, I fight to the end and I try 100% all the time.

I have pretty much made up my mind to do this.

I'm smart, I'm fast, and I hit hard.

Once I close the doors, it's closed. I don't open it back up. That's kind of me as a human being. That's just one of the things about me... But yeah, for me, I don't close anything until I'm officially done.

Maybe I have to be more aggressive.

It's important for me to be aggressive and not defer.

I don't think patient would be the first word that anybody that knows me would describe me as. But I think that's anybody in competitive sports.

I like to play aggressive.

I was tough. I used everything to my advantage. I could be very ruthless.

Everything I do in my life is very aggressive.

When I'm out there, I play with a chip on my shoulder regardless of the situation.

I don't have any ill will towards any of my opponents. I understand we are the highest calibre of athlete in this sport, and we will both go and give it our all. But I don't want anyone to misinterpret what I am saying: when we step into that octagon and we touch gloves, I am going to break his face.

You need to have that killer instinct. It can't be taught. Where does it come from? A couple slaps. A couple things you had denied to you.

Training is not the key. Head is the key. For me, it's head. How aggressive you will be. Who will attack first? But you need to be good in your head, and there will be no problem.

Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat.

You must be proud, bold, pleasant, resolute, And now and then stab, as occasion serves.

Being in attack mode is something I try to bring into every single game, and that's what's making me be so successful.

My parents put me in sports when I was 5 years old, and they put my sisters in sports. So that's what I grew up with, that mentality: "It's OK to want to be the best. Aggression is good." You have to have that little walk on the court or down the track. I love to put that into my female characters, because I don't think enough girls are taught that at a young age.

The 10% between 90% done to 100% done takes most of the time, causes most of the stress, but is all of the value.

When I step onto the court, I'm ready to play. If you're going up against me, you'd better be ready. If you're not going to compete, I will dominate you.

No matter how much I respect someone or how much I like someone, it doesn't exceed my will to win.

I'm going to be the most competitive birth-giver ever.

In football you can make it if you've got the 'I'm-going-to-get-up-off-the-ground-and-kick-your-ass' attitude.

I've always played hard. If that's rough and tough, I can't help it. I don't believe there's any such thing as a good loser. I wouldn't sit down and play a game of cards with you right now withing wanting to win. If I hadn't felt that way I wouldn't have got very far in baseball.

There was quite a lot of competitiveness about it, with everybody wanting to beat not only cancer itself, but also the other people in the room. Like, I realize that this is irrational, but when they tell you that you have, say, a 20 percent chance of living five years, the math kicks in and you figure that’s one in five . . . so you look around and think, as any healthy person would: I gotta outlast four of these bastards.