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At this level, you put a lot of pressure on yourself as a player to perform and do well.

I have a very high expectation for everything I do. And when I go out and compete, I expect myself to make every play.

I feel pressure every day. It is only pressure that I put on myself, but I would expect all professional sportspeople to feel pressure to perform their best whenever they are at work.

For me, sometimes it's more important to perform well in training and know that I am improving rather than scoring in a game. It's doing the hard work, day in, day out.

I'm always a competitor. I'm not there just to have a good time. I want to play well and perform well.

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.

I can only control what I do when I go compete.

I practice every day, I warm up before I play.

I think God has it written down for me, that without training and working hard you will never achieve desired results. All three times I have had to toil my way into the Olympics. Talking about pressure, well that is something you have to learn to deal with in sports.

Every week you have to play well to be the champion.