A Quote by Declan Rice
You've got to test yourself against the best to know you are the best.
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Anytime you spar at a new dojo, whether it's in Japan, Brazil, or Thailand, the fighters come after the new guy. It's a way to test yourself against the best and to sharpen your technical skills and push yourself to be the best you can be.
You want to play against the best defenders and the best teams. You want to test yourself.
If I win the title, I want to know I was the best guy that year, and to be the best, you've got to go against the best.
In training, you can push yourself to the limit and test yourself against the best players in the world. That is when the pressure is really on, and they are the moments when you either improve, or you don't.
As a footballer you always want to test yourself against the best.
As a footballer, you always want to test yourself against the best.
Being able to compete against the best, having success against the best, and to be included with the best - that's something I really relished whenever I got on the court.
The best thing you can do to set yourself apart is just be yourself. If you're fake, you know people find out who you are later, it's like, 'Well that's not who we thought you were.' Being yourself is where you feel most comfortable and people get, you know, they feel that connection the best. That's the best way to go. You always have to be yourself.
You never know what's going to happen. You don't want to get in there and not be ready. That's the worst thing you can do. You have to prepare yourself as No. 1, to be the best and play against the best.
You've got to realize that the world's a test,
You can only do your best and let Him do the rest.
You've got your life, and got your health,
So quit procrastinating and push it yourself.
I want to test myself, playing with the best and against the best. I can do that at international level, so that's my target and what I want to reach.
Right from the beginning I wanted to test myself against the best, against real champions.
We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?
So you've got to test the envelope, find out what are your abilities and if you falter, pick yourself up and test it again. Otherwise, what is it all about, you know?
What really excited me at the end was the challenge of being the best I can be and prolonging my best level and playing against the best players in the world. But now that I don't have the opportunity to play against the best players in the world when it counts, in front of fans, it doesn't excite me as much.
For me, Lionel Messi is quite clearly the best player ever. It’s a pleasure to put myself against him and when I finish my career it’s something I can look back on and know I’ve tested myself against the very best.
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