Christian Yelich Quotes

It's a privilege to be an All-Star for the second straight year.

Today I join the greatest players that played the game. It is a great feeling being here.

The World University Games Gold medal was a great confidence booster for me. It highlighted my talents, my performance and dedication.

I want to make Pro Bowls, do all the great things.

It's always nice to be among the best teams but not everyone can do that.

Olympic gold is obviously right up there with a grand slam. It's a big win. You can say it's more, you can say it's less, you can say it's equal. It's very much up there.

You'd like more people to recognise what you do is special. But I take the attitude that the best thing I can do for my sport is to be the best at it. The best way people will come to recognise that track and field is a great sport is to see athletes excelling at it.

It's my dream, my goal to be good at Olympics, anywhere they are in the world.

I always wanted to play against the best.

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.

You'd like more people to recognise what you do is special. But I take the attitude that the best thing I can do for my sport is to be the best at it. The best way people will come to recognise that track and field is a great sport is to see athletes excelling at it. Which is what I intend to do.

My main focus is always to do well on the field for the Indian cricket team. When people say good things about me off the field, I am more than happy to accept them.

Amazingly enough, athletic achievement is one of those things that seems larger than life at points. I think we all look to sport for inspirations.

I want to be remembered one day as a great player, good athlete and a good professional.

You have to retire before you can make the Hall of Fame.

Everyone has their own traits but if you are being compared to players like Rio Ferdinand then you must be doing something well and hopefully I can keep that going.

I know I'm going to be remembered for football. That's why I work so hard at it.

Being able to compete against the best, having success against the best, and to be included with the best - that's something I really relished whenever I got on the court.

When you play for Liverpool and England, you have good players around you, and you want to compete with the best.

That's what you want to do, is get recognized for accomplishments you've had on the field, not off the field. That's always my goal, to find ways to do that.

When you have results, you can make a difference, and when you make a difference, you can win the Ballon d'Or.

To be the best you have to win trophies.

I want to be a Hall of Famer, have an impact on my franchise, and you can do all of that by winning a championship.

Sometimes, it doesn't matter if you're the world champ or not.