Mentality Quotes

“I've always been a firm believer in the blue-collar mentality. Go to work, do your job, and don't complain.”

“I'm from the old school. I'm from the era where you get your ass whooped, and you don't call the police.”

“I never played for a draw in my life.”

“Other players, they can just take a penalty. Me? I have to live with it for the rest of my life.”

“To be a top goalkeeper, you have to be a little bit crazy.”

“Pressure is for tyres.”

“When you're a bike racer, you're a little bit of a machine. You have to be.”

“Fear is not a word in my football dictionary.”

“You have to be tough to be a right-back.”

“To be a great player, you have to be a bit of a bastard.”

“One can very well have a mafia mentality without being a criminal.”

“In every war, there are the hunters and the hunted. I was a hunter.”

“Aggression is what I do. I go to war. You don't contest football matches in a reasonable state of mind.”

“Al Davis wanted tough guys, and he wanted guys who wanted to win. That was me.”

“The only thing I can't stand is a gutless pitcher. I'd rather have a guy with a 5.00 ERA who battles than a guy with a 3.00 who is scared to death.”

“We need to replace the ‘I deserve it’ mentality with the ‘I can do it’ mentality.”

“I've always been a fighter.”

“The most important thing for a striker is to have a killer instinct.”

“Every game is a final.”

“You can have all the talent in the world, but if you don't have the guts, you ain't gonna be worth a damn.”