Adolfo Cambiaso

Athlete

46 Quotes

I have to look after myself. I go to the gym every day; I have physio every day, I have a couple of guys that work with my body a lot.

I believe in enjoying the game. If you make it too much work, that's not good.

I just play, that's all. When I'm in the field, I always connect with what I'm doing. I can't explain it. I can't control it. It just happens.

Pressure brings out the best in me. It's the only way to keep improving: putting a bit of pressure on yourself.

I just play, that's all. When I'm in the field, I always connect with what I'm doing. I can't explain it. I can't control it. It just happens.

Pressure brings out the best in me. It's the only way to keep improving: putting a bit of pressure on yourself.

You can decide at 17 that you want to be a professional player. In Argentina, they start very young. They go to school in the morning and then do polo in the afternoon.

If you have the right horses and the right team, that's the way to succeed. But you have to work, and you have to improve. Every year, you must get better.

I'm just happy with what I am, and I happen to be a polo player.

I am very happy with my life, but seven or eight months a year, I am away from home. I want to go home - that's the truth.

I wanted total control and leadership. I wanted to buy the horses and choose the players.

The best decisions are taken quickly and well. You can prepare yourself, have all aspects of the game thought through, but the one who shines on the pitch is the one with intuition.

If you have the right horses and the right team, that's the way to succeed. But you have to work, and you have to improve. Every year, you must get better.

Everybody is talking about the Triple Crown, but I want to win the Open. That is my aim.

In polo, you jump on a horse and you play. To play tennis, you have to train every day. It's your legs that do all the work. In polo, it's the horses' legs.

You can decide at 17 that you want to be a professional player. In Argentina, they start very young. They go to school in the morning and then do polo in the afternoon.

Without good horses, you are nothing. In polo, it's 70 per cent horse, 30 per cent rider. And I have the best horses.

I want to finish high school, but that will be it.

I play the way it's most effective for the team. They used to say I hit the ball too many times.

In Argentina, you do what your father does. If your father plays football, you play football. If your father plays polo, you play polo.

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