David de Gea Quotes

I just come to training, work hard, go home, prepare for the game, then play.

I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition.

In football, you only work for the things you can control. You cannot control the outside world: you can only control your preparation; you can only control your performances.

Just like any other game we're taking on we've got to prepare, prepare hard, mentally, physically. We've been practicing hard.

You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way.

As a member of a competitive team, you want to make sure you have yourself ready to play. You don't control anything but what you do.

I think God has it written down for me, that without training and working hard you will never achieve desired results. All three times I have had to toil my way into the Olympics. Talking about pressure, well that is something you have to learn to deal with in sports.

I knew what my times were and how my practices were progressing and how close I was to the goals I had set for the year. I swam hard. I always swam hard. If I didn't, I knew I would pay for it either the next day or the next meet.

To be number one, you must train like you are number two.

If I train well and stay focused, I'm confident I can deliver when the time comes.

To be the best, you need to be the most well-trained and well-prepared athlete you can be. The pressure is going to be all around you. You just have to make sure that your body and mind is fine-tuned. Then you go out there and do it.

What I have to do is train hard, be at the disposal of the coach and make the best of what I have here every day so when I'm called upon I'll be ready.

I believe in my training camp. I believe in my coaches. I believe in what I do. I believe in the work I put in.

The only thing I can control is winning on the basketball court.

I'm trying to be the best lightweight fighter in the world. That's my main objective. I just have to keep my head up, keep training and enjoy this awesome ride that I'm on.

I think every time I step on the court, I'm just preparing myself to be the best player I can be, be the best teammate I can be as well.

How can you change things when you are under pressure? You don't tell a player who keeps giving the ball away not to touch the ball; you keep training and working hard.

I practice very hard. I take care of myself, and I'm young.

Truthfully, what we do in training is 10 times harder than what we ever have to do in a competition.

Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined or focusing too much. Success is measured by what we have done to prepare for competition.

When I started studying for the arias it was like going into training for a heavyweight title fight.

Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.