Nick Diaz Quotes

Every audition I get, I agonise over and I put everything I can into it.

I'm only as good as my next appearance and my next match.

You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. You can't merely wing it and expect to keep up with them. Setting aside all the safety valves and pleasant distractions is the first way to send yourself the message that you're playing for keeps

It's all about work when you reach up, tap in and step on that field. You don't mess around when you go through that gate.

Even after I played ten years of ball, I still felt like I had to play well or somebody might take my place. They had plenty of players in the minor leagues who were good enough to come up and take your job, and I think that kept us going all of the time. I hustled and put that extra effort in all of the time.

Winning is a serious matter.

As soon as I hear the word 'competition' I get serious and start doing everything that I can do.

How you play the game is for college ball. When you're playing for money, winning is the only thing that matters.

We have to win that game. But we have to win every game, that's the way it's always been.

I went to work. That was a turning point. When you have to do eight shows a week and your name is on the marquee, no matter what is going on at home or what's on the cover of the newspapers, you've got to do your job.

You have to have a work ethic, and you have to be educated in what you're doing. You have to take it seriously. It doesn't mean that everything you do has to be serious. But you've got to have the tools.

I played professional level sports. When you're playing for money, it's a whole other level.

For me all games are finals.

You just don't have the time to worry about what others are doing. You just want to take care of your own business. You are focused on that tee shot on the 10th tee and making it to the finish line. It's one of the most stressful moments in professional golf, but you have worked so hard to get to that point, that it really is fun.

Unfortunately, in our business, it's all about the tournament when you're a good team.

You're not going to see my sense of humor on the football field. That's not a place for me to joke around.

My mind became so frazzled by the end of the 1974 season that I decided the thing to do was give up playing for England and concentrate on Yorkshire. I felt the only way to succeed was to captain and play every match for Yorkshire.

I have only prepared properly for the World Championship three or four times in my life. If I had gone about it professionally I would have won the title 10 times.

I work really hard. Walk-throughs, I take everything seriously.

I am all business, I am all work.

Being paid as a professional athlete didn't change how hard I was working because I'm always going to do that, whether it's the weight room or the film room.

You still have to go perform; it doesn't matter what the tournament is.

That is what happens when you play in one of the best teams in the world: you have fantastic players in your position, and you have to work hard to try and play as many minutes as you can.

People only see two hours of a tennis match where you're fighting and running and sometimes getting upset. There's a lot more than those two hours. Going out there and playing is actually the easy part.

Every game's a big game.