Mentality Quotes

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“Pressure is for tyres.”

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

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

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

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

“I've always been a fighter.”

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

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

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

“You've got to be a little nasty out there, but I'm not that way. I'm not a guy who's going to spit in your face.”

“There's pressure in every game you play. For me, it's a case of being able to deal with it.”

“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.”

“He's got that little bit of swagger, that little bit of arrogance that all the top players have.”