As an athlete in my sport, you always want to go to an Olympics.
When you go through a tournament of seven games, there are peaks and valleys. You kind of ride the players that are hot.
The competition for World Cup places is massive, and you can't just rest on what you've done in the past or anything like that.
In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
We're FC Bayern, and we'll always send out a competitive team.
This is definitely a playoff team. There's no question about that. It's just a matter of how much we want it.
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.
I love competing, and I love throwing the football.
I've been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don't go out and just run. There's an offense and a defense.
I was always most of the time working in clubs as player and coach to win titles.
It was a great Olympics - Team USA finished the games with 17 more medals than China. China said it was tough to swallow - especially when they had to make all of our "We're #1" T-shirts.
The key to winning in major programs is how you play on the road.
I knew the Big Ten was one of the best conferences in the country. Every night you're up against pros. It's just so competitive. You can get beat by any team. That's really what I like about the Big Ten.
It is really nice to play in the Champions League, because we play against the best teams and the best competition in Europe.
I spent two great seasons playing in the Russian championship. I could have stayed there, but I went to the Premier League, which is much more competitive and requires much greater levels of fitness.
During the playoffs, I tone down the Internet usage.
I've always wanted to be on a winning team, be competitive and have something to shoot for in October. It's never been a money situation.
We're professional footballers, so we have to go out there and perform as best we can and try and get the results that we want.
I was a good shooter in college, but it's a different level here in the NBA and I'm working on getting better.
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.
I knew very little or nothing about the Olympics. Having qualified was itself a big achievement for me, and then being there was quite overwhelming. Although I lost in the opening round, but the fact that I fought well was enough for me to take away from Athens.
Records are made to be broken. It's great when they are broken by attacking players.
I feel that every league is very competitive.
The name of the game is 'kill the quarterback.' Every football team tries to knock the guy out of the game that's handling the ball.
Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be.
