Winning Matches Quotes & Sayings

The coach should keep out of the way ... He is an important figure, of course, but is more likely to lose a match than win it. Matches are won by players. — Romario

I'm really looking forward to getting back and winning some matches but I'm not thinking about the U.S. Open yet, just getting through my first match. — Greg Rusedski

This year its just about winning the big matches because if youre going to get into the top 20 then youve got to do well at the Masters Series and the grand slams. I dont have any ranking points to defend for the first few months of the year so if I do well over the next few weeks then Ive got a chance of doing it. — Andy Murray

I'm not the savior of men's tennis in America. I'm just a kid trying to win a few matches. — Andy Roddick

No, I'm not (disappointed). There's no reason to be because I'm on an incredible run. You always expect a loss once in a while. So when it happens, why be disappointed if I win over 90% of my matches. — Roger Federer

Except in a very few matches, usually with world-class performers, there is a point in every match (and in some cases it's right at the beginning) when the loser decides he's going to lose. And after that, everything he does will be aimed at providing an explanation of why he will have lost. He may throw himself at the ball (so he will be able to say he's done his best against a superior opponent). He may dispute calls (so he will be able to say he's been robbed). He may swear at himself and throw his racket (so he can say it was apparent all along he wasn't in top form). His energies go not into winning but into producing an explanation, an excuse, a justification for losing. — C. Terry Warner

I don't like losing. I like winning. I don't like to lose beautiful matches. I like to win ugly ones. — Ernests Gulbis

Nobody says if you hit No. 2 in the world you have to win all your matches. — Li Na

Eighty per cent of teams who score first in matches go on to win them. But they may draw some - or occasionally lose. — David Pleat

Arsenal have won that advantage, nobody gave it to them. By playing fantastic football and by winning matches and by winning trophies, they won that respect that the opponent has for them. — Jose Mourinho

In fact that's Swindon's first win of any kind in nine matches — David Coleman

I think my moment of revelation came when I saw this young man come on court in the most flamboyant clothes. He had a sweet smile and questionably blonde hair and a generally chirpy glamour that in fact concealed huge skill. When he was interviewed he confessed to hating to get angry and it was also said that he slithered out of winning when it came to the big matches. And I thought, My God! This Andre Agassi is the image of Howl in my book HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE! — Diana Wynne Jones

Notting Forest are having a bad run, they've lost six matches in a row now without winning — David Coleman

Anybody can win the matches you can dominate, but it's the tough matches that are going to make the difference. — Jim Zalesky

We are positive about our win and we know that our match was perhaps not as physical as the other matches on the weekend, so I think we have an advantage in that we have an extra day to recover. — Naka Drotske

I'm a strong believer that if you score goals, you win matches. — Charlie Nicholas

What rivalry? I win all the matches. — Martina Hingis

I still think I have the speed and the variations also to win the matches, but its very good competition and also a great challenge for me too. — Martina Hingis

I'm helpless in post-round, hole-by-hole interviews. I can't take you through most of the holes of winning the Players Championship, the U.S. Amateur or Ryder Cup matches. It's like golf amnesia. — Matt Kuchar

You can't just do whatever you feel like." "You can't just do anything you want." "You have to learn self-restraint." "You're only interested in gratifying your desires." "You don't care about anything but your own pleasure." Can you hear the judgmentality in these admonitions? Can you see how they reproduce the mentality of domination that runs our civilization? Goodness comes through conquest. Health comes through conquering bacteria. Agriculture is improved by eliminating pests. Society is made safe by winning the war on crime. On my walk today, students accosted me, asking if I wanted to join the "fight" against pediatric cancer. There are so many fights, crusades, campaigns, so many calls to overcome the enemy by force. No wonder we apply the same strategy to ourselves. Thus it is that the inner devastation of the Western psyche matches exactly the outer devastation it has wreaked upon the planet. Wouldn't you like to be part of a different kind of revolution? — Charles Eisenstein

Four wins in four matches. It could not be better ... the world is fantastic. — Jose Mourinho

I feel like when I'm match tough and match hard and played a lot of matches I got that competitive winning spirit going and I can get on some rolls like I did last year. I won San Jose, Indian Wells and made the semifinals in Miami so it can happen for me. — Lleyton Hewitt

My accomplishments do not live up to my tennis game. Most people have to work really hard and win some big matches, and then they get money and popularity. For me it has been the reverse of everybody else. The exact opposite. — Andre Agassi

The only way to get back the confidence is to play and win matches. You can practise as much as you like, but you need confidence that comes from playing and winning matches. — Greg Rusedski

What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well. — John McEnroe

When you struggle winning matches all year and you don't really get into a groove or rhythm, you just can't expect to just come in here and have it click. — Pete Sampras

I'm not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches! — Maria Sharapova

I do my job but seldom feel content after matches. If the team wins I am happy, but it remains frustrating. — Thomas Vermaelen

One or two years ago, I didn't know who I was on court and I used to swear a lot. But now I've learned how to cope and can therefore win 10 matches in a row. I want to be remembered as a good player rather than an idiot on court. — Roger Federer

Authority never matches responsibility. That's one of the great myths and delusions of all times. Winning managers and individual performers at all levels know that effectiveness means building your own network and creating your own authority. Those who succeed always reach far beyond formal deputation, take initiatives, and take the heat when things go awry. That's true in the military in times of war, true for 200 person manufacturing firms, and true at giant automakers or software companies. — Tom Peters

Experience tells us that few matches are won on the back of one or two good sessions of play. To win a Test match most teams have to win and outplay the opposition for extended periods of time. — Justin Langer

Reputations do not win matches and trophies, only goals can do that — Alfredo Di Stefano

Forest have now lost six matches without winning. — David Coleman