Samir Nasri Quotes

When I'm practising on my own, my game feels great, but there's a big difference between practising on your own and playing against people.

I look at every promo I do as a command performance to do better than I did the previous week if not deliver the best promo of my life.

I just want to give my best in London, I want to cross that line and see a personal best on the clock then I will see what position I am in.

It's a fine balance for an athlete in enjoying the moment and being really satisfied, say, with a run, and with your day, and knowing you can make it better in the future.

With TV, it's the same way as preparing for the game of football. To get better at football, you have to watch the film and watch those who came before you and played the game, and yes, the first year you come in as a rookie and you're not gonna be as good as when you come in as a vet, and I applied that in the same way to 'Ton of Cash.'

I'm really focusing now on how I can get to the next level as a batsman. How can I get even more competitive? How can I get even more consistent? How can I get better?

Watching game film motivates me a lot. It shows me what I need to work on and determines the specific workouts I do.

I believe a lot of techniques and stuff has to do with confidence, and I think as my confidence grows, everything else will grow as well.

I'm watching a lot of film to see what I can do differently, to see how I can help when I get in the game.

Knowing that guys are out there improving and trying to take it to that next level, that gives me fire to improve my play and work on these little things that can keep me from dominating a game.

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

Anytime you get a better competition level, it's always better for you because you want to get the best out of yourself, and you want to compete against the best.

I now have a better understanding of my game than what it was in 2013 in my first year in Test cricket.

All I got to say is I've got to put myself mentally and physically in a position where I can play at a high level and help my team win and that's what I plan on doing.

There are things that I need to do better, and I need to get to a point where it's hard to not have me on the court.

Good athletes will be there at good competitions, but I don't think about them; I just think of bettering my own time.

I focus on making sure I'm sharp, and it doesn't matter who I am fighting. I need to perform at my best and try to elevate my game to the highest level I possibly can, so that is what I concentrate on doing.

My mindset is to go out there and be confident, believe in yourself, visualizing success and visualizing plays you're gonna make in games.

In whatever sport of field of endeavor you are interested, you should do whatever is necessary to compliment your God-given talent with proper mental preparation so as to do "the best you can." The criterion should be to fully exploit your potential rather than to win at any cost. What more could anyone ever ask of you than to be the best you possibly can?

We could all use a little coaching. When you're playing the game, it's hard to think of everything.

All I got to do is keep getting the most out of each one of my days and keep trying to be the best athlete I can become.

Don't waste your time in the race looking back to see what the other guy is doing. It's not about the other guy. It's about what can you do. You just need to run that race as hard as you can. You need to give it everything you've got, all the time, for yourself.

From a purely selfish, batting point of view, I couldn't bat any better than the 2010-11 Ashes and then in India in 2012. That was as good as I could play.

I've tried to improve - defending, attacking, pressing, trying to think before a game, to be more clever, do something before the defender can think of it, to become a better player. That makes me feel good, that hunger to improve in every way.

You literally can't do any more than your best so that was always my attitude and that is still my attitude, which is to go out there and give it my best every single night.