Ross Barkley Quotes

A derby is a derby. When you play a derby, it is for winning, not just to play.

Whenever I play against Arsenal - and this is just a personal thing - I go up and think 'let me whack the first one, then we will see who wants it.'

Some might say friendlies are unimportant, but we always try to win because we then maintain that positive mentality when the real competitions start.

There were butterflies, otherwise, you're not really ready to play. The locker room, I remember, was quiet and we were very focused on playing that game.

You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.

People sometimes have a false view of track and field, that it's kind of soft and kind of friendly. And guys aren't necessarily laughing and joking, but everyone's just friendly and 'ha ha, he he.' I just came in and just was like, 'Nah, I don't know what y'all talking about, but every single time I step on the line, I'm trying to win.'

When Brazil take part in any competition they must always play to win.

Whenever we're all getting ready for a playoff game, you know how serious those games are, and you try to motivate your guys. There's a lot of emotion that goes into those games, and when I play, it's all about winning, and it's all about doing whatever it takes to fire guys up and to get that emotion running.

To play a match between Boca and River in Madrid, it's weird. But as a player, it is important to stay focused on the match.

There is a lot of extra energy with being in a Lakers uniform.

If it's a card game, or it's a preseason game, or it's a regular season game, I just go out there to try to win. For me, that's all I know how to do it and I'll never change that.

Dunga has a very aggressive style with a good deal of desire and ambition to win. He wants that to resonate throughout his team.

The way I operate as a football player and the product that I put on the field in relation to the business that I conduct, I want it to be as tough as possible in practice so when I get into the games I've been there before.

I think it's impossible to tell your coach and tell your players, 'Try not to win.' That goes against everything an organization is about.

The fire that burns brightest in the Raiders organization is the will to win.

I'm not going to lie: I'm a competitive player. I think there's no point playing football if you're not competitive and you don't want to win games.

Each year, you are playing to win. That is Manchester's culture.

A Man United team should never be outworked.

I've trained since I started walking, I've played sports, I've competed. I've learned how to win, even if I haven't done it as much as I'd like.

I'm naturally fired up. I'm naturally excited to play each and every time I lace the shoes up.

If you can get your team to that point of being able to be in that playoff race mindset every week, that's something that most teams can't do.

It's really important at United that you've been brought up with that winning mentality.

When you are playing in front of your own crowd, you want them to support you.

We try to keep our heads cool and our chins up to win every weekend. Sometimes it works better than others but you have to focus on the positive side so for that next game you still have the right state of mind.

The more matches I play, the better I feel on the pitch.