Anthony Yarde Quotes

One of the main techniques I used was focusing on the goal and visualising myself competing in the race before the race started.

I'm a huge believer in visualizing achieving the task before it happens.

My mindset is to go out there and be confident, believe in yourself, visualizing success and visualizing plays you're gonna make in games.

Growing up, I did quite a bit of reading on the mental side. My dad, who coached me, had us doing a lot of different types of mental work, like visualization. I read a couple of tennis books that talked about calming your nerves, belief, visualization, relaxing, breathing.

The body can take you wherever your mind goes. If I can do it in my mind, I think my body will follow.

I think mental preparation is really important. Every day, you've got to imagine your goal.

If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.

I'm confident in my own ability. If that wasn't the case you might as well pack it in now. If you think too much, you start doubting yourself, doubting your quality, so you have to train yourself in a certain way.

The mind is the most important part of achieving any fitness goal. Mental change always comes before physical change.

We set ourselves limits, but we are all strong enough to aim higher, to achieve our goals. All we have to do is find such strength within ourselves. Know how to develop it.

I believe that visualization is one of the most powerful means of achieving personal goals.

Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating.

When I got to match point in the final I was afraid I'd be a little nervous, but I just said, You have to stay focused, just think about what you have to do.

A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.

Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.

Every once in a while I run the Olympic downhill in Japan in my head. I think of how the energy is going to flow and then I make it all work for myself.

I made myself a little angry before beam. That's the best way to do beam. It's important to fuel yourself with some devastating things, but I also realized that if I daydream about doing well and having this silver medal, it's more motivating than focusing on the negatives. So I learned to focus on the positive.

As long as you put the effort in with your practice, the muscles in your arm stay relaxed and mental preparation is all it takes.

I learned that if I put my mind to something vocally, I can pull it off. You just have to get your head-space right.

When I meditate, I visualize myself after the match as the winner.

One of my goals is to become the perfect player but you'll never reach that goal if your mindset is not right, I think.

I just think you need to believe in yourself - be offensive, but still have some nervousness in your body before any important game.

I feel as if I was to strike on one thing that I was decent at was mentally where I prepared myself strongly.

Psychology is a big part of sport that some people do not realise. But it is a skill you have to practice.