Able Quote by Mike Krzyzewski

The close games are usually lost, rather than won. What I mean by that is games are mostly won because of the opponent making…

— John Wooden

Wins are big boosts for your confidence, but sometimes you don't notice little things. When you lose a game, it means that the opponent…

— Ernesto Valverde

We have to try and not let the little things go by. It's the little things that win games. It's the little things that…

— Kenny Harrison

It's very important that you focus on winning games and being consistent down the stretch. I think that's what we're focused on. All of…

— Mike Singletary

Close wins really remind us that down the stretch, we can come together and do the right thing, and make the right plays.

— Jrue Holiday

We need to have preparation to win. A disciplined team will win more close games over a period of time.

— Jim Leyland

I feel like if the mentality is there then why not aim to win every game? We are not here just coast through games.…

— Fabian Delph

These close games that we're losing, the teams are not beating us. We're kind of beating ourselves.

— Carmelo Anthony

That's something I realized when I was on the championship team: you need that chemistry, you need that trust, you need that reliability for…

— Alex Caruso

We've got to have that mindset that we've got to close out games and go up by more than two scores to really shut…

— Mitchell Trubisky

I think if we just stay focused on what we focus on, which is ourselves, playing good ballgames, trying to win every day, don't…

— Gerrit Cole

Lack of patience is probably the most common reason for losing a game, or drawing games that should have been won.

— Bent Larsen