Zack Steffen Quotes

I think I was just really comfortable in my goalie equipment, just being in the net and being by myself for 60 minutes and talking to myself sometimes.

Caffeine helps a lot. That and a certain amount of isolation.

When you talk to yourself, at least you know that someone is listening.

Have you ever had one of those moments when you look up and realize that you're one of those people you see on the train talking to themselves?

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

The more you hesitate in a game, the more your chance of getting hit. Your focus isn't there. When you hesitate, usually you're in trouble.

When there's an important tournament going on, I try and stay in a bubble. It's easy that way because then you don't have to worry about anything else.

Silence and solitude are more distracting to me than chatter and commotion.

I need quiet and solitude to work. Darkness is best. If I am wide awake, I can't write.

If I'm doing a scene that requires a lot of focus, I'll just take myself away and do what I have to do.

When I write, I don't like to be around any humans.

When you're writing, it's a very solitary job. It's you and your word processor and a cup of tea.

I'm a firm believer when I'm doing my job to not want anybody around.

If I have a show at night, I like to spend the whole day alone in silence. I know that might be crazy.

For me, I definitely like quiet; I like to write alone.

It could be very costly if you don't have a clear mind during a tournament.

I ain't never had much fun. I ain't never been two inches away from a football. Here guys go fishing on the day of the game, hunting, golfing, and all I want to do is be alone, studying how not to lose.

When I’m alone in my room sometimes I stare at the wall, and in the back of my mind I hear my conscience call.

Alone, lonely people talk to themselves. In company, they often continue.

I'm always writing. It's kind of a curse: You never stop. But I need isolation to write. So the real meat of the material comes when I'm off the road.

I unplug the phone and close the door and just stick with it. I don't ever go out for lunch and I don't take vacations. I like to be awake when no one else is: either just before dawn in the morning or late, late at night. Silence helps.

By myself walking, To myself talking.

The work of a Prime Minister is the loneliest job in the world.

Some days I'm just flipping through the iPod trying to get pumped, some days I don't want to listen to anything and just focus. From game to game from day to day, whatever people do to motivate themselves, they do. I do all kinds of things.

When an archer is shooting for nothing, he has all his skill. If he shoots for a brass buckle, he is already nervous. If he shoots for a prize of gold, he goes blind or sees two targets - He is out of his mind! His skill has not changed. But the prize divides him. He cares. He thinks more of winning than of shooting- And the need to win drains him of power.