It's hard to stay at the top. There's a cheesy saying isn't there: it's easy to get to the top but once you're there it's harder to stay there, and I'm fully aware of that.
For the players, these top, top, top games or these top, top, top events - like a World Cup or a European Championship - are not common but, of course, something special.
I would say that one of the really special gifts about playing an athlete is that it's the best motivation you'll ever have to get in top shape and stay in top shape because you know that you're going to be expected to deliver.
It's not for nothing that they say it's easier to get to the top than to stay at the top.
It's very hard to get to the top. It's hardest to stay at the top.
I have to work harder than what I am now to make sure that I stay on top of this and stay on top of the world and be competitive in major championships.
I want to be amongst the top 10, if not top five filmmakers. Though I don't think I'd stand even in the list of top 30 actors.
As much as you may be sitting in the top five or the top 10, sometimes you just don't get that chance to get to the top.
I just have to keep working, just stay on top of my game, stay on top of my weight and stay prayed up.
At the top end of the Premier League, you have to be ruthless. Even just to get in the top four is hard.
If I ever have a chance to become a top-notch guy on a top team, I think that's more valuable than anything else.
You only get so many opportunities to fight at the top level and stay at the top level.
Always remember, there is more strength in you than you ever realized or even imagined. Certainly nothing can keep you down if you are determined to get on top of things and stay there.
It's even harder to stay at the top in sports than it is to get there.
The goal for the top American isn't the top twenty - it's top ten, top five, number one in the world.
It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there.