Connor McDavid Quotes

The margin between success and drama is fractional.

I play a position where you make mistakes. The only people that don't make them at a hockey game are the people watching.

It's the price on the ticket and emphasizes the pressure every manager is under weather you are at the top or bottom of the league.

I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large.

You can get a big gust of wind, and your Olympics are over.

The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.

Playing football and presenting TV are totally different things, but there are similarities: it's exciting, it can go well, it can go badly... the difference is when presenting goes badly, it doesn't really affect anyone's life, whereas when you have a bad day on the pitch, it affects people's moods for a whole week.

People make just as many mistakes when the stakes go up, maybe more.

When you're not winning in your last couple of years, it gets frustrating because where's your motivation?

There are some great pitchers in this league. You're going to get fooled sometimes. They're going to get you.

Coming to Crystal Palace, I'm really excited to be playing. There's still massive competition here.

In 2011, 2012, running for those championships, every point matters.

Every great player is more outstanding in the victory, but has more pressure in defeats.

If I miss a pass at practice, I'm ticked off.

If you win a game, everyone is happy, and if you lose, everyone is watching you.

You've always six teams who are trying to win the title, and the other five have failed. But by word of saying it, it's not failing; it's just the way it is. The last two years, we didn't win it, so it wasn't good enough, but if now we win it, the other teams will say the same.

If you lose three or four in a row, people start talking about retirement. They are not used to this sport like they are used to tennis. If you take a look at how many times Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer lost, it's all part of the game. Soccer is no different: teams go through bad times and then rise again.

I need to be competing. Coaching is good, but I like to be in the fire.

Criticism comes with the territory when you don't win games.

Everyone's just looking at you. They're expecting you to win every game, and it's just not possible.

You want to make every shot, but it's not going to happen like that.

I can't afford to do the highlight dunk and miss it because, if I do that, I'll be sitting right on the bench beside the coaches.

If they don't score, we can't lose.

I think one of the important things around tournaments and qualifying tournaments is the jeopardy around it.

Every time I go on to the court, people expect me to get a medal. It is tough, and I can't win always, but I still have to go out there and give my best.