Playing with Passion Quotes

When Mahela Jayawardene was with us before the Test series against Pakistan he said it should all be about enjoying your talent and skill. He took his bat out there to score runs and enjoy playing the game.

When a team goes down to 10 men, it makes you go and attack the game, push bodies forward, and create extra numbers.

You get into the game and you know you're probably not going to be in there long. It's like, while I'm in here, I better not mess up. That's the completely wrong mentality to have. That works against how I play because how I play is 150 percent, going all out, going crazy.

Playing defense hard gets me going offensively.

I play for a living, but I also love to play. That's a healthy balance of emotion that, as a player, you have to keep balanced.

Unless you give it all you've got, there isn't any sense in playing.

When I see somebody, I try to beat him on both ends of the floor. It's the game within the game that you've always got to win. That's always been my mindset. That's how I was taught how to play the game. That's how I learned. And that's what I enjoy.

It's important on the pitch to have fun, to enjoy the game, because it generates a good feeling around the club.

When you are playing against an opposition, you want to go out there and win a game, and for that, you have to be aggressive.

You should not have any fear when you go out on the pitch.

Zidane was an idol for me, I grew up watching him play. He always asks me to come out playing the ball and that I don't just sit deep.

I'm confident about going out there and playing - playing with emotion, screaming and yelling.