Al Oerter Quotes

The more prepared I am, the more I'll be in control, less nervous, less stressed and more focused.

The more relaxed you can get, the better you'll do.

You can't be in the zone in front of 12 million people, you've got to be chill.

I don't like it hectic; I like to keep it calm and do my thing - play the pass. I think you see the pass if you are in a good state of mind.

Keep your head on your shoulders.

In football, it's not enough just to be amazing, but you also have to have a clear head. If you're not calm, it becomes very difficult.

If someone drops a catch, and I get angry, will that catch come back to us? It won't. Therefore, it is better to be cool, because that helps in better performance.

If you cannot concentrate, you are not so happy.

When you see people who are really good at game shows, the one common attribute is a cool head under pressure: an ability to perform as well in the studio, surrounded by lights and noise, as you do on your couch.

I normally try to be tranquil on the pitch.

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

The biggest thing I tell the boys is control the heartbeat. It's hard to do, but we've gotta be able to control the heartbeat in big moments because it goes really quick. So just stay in that moment and focus on the moment, don't get ahead of yourselves, and just play the game that we've been playing all year.

I feel like I play better when I'm calm. There is an inner peace I can tap into sometimes during my matches.

Being relaxed allowed me to fight the way I'm capable of fighting.

You don't win games by being aggressive. You win by being relaxed.

When you're tense and you're forcing the issue, you kind of cloud your vision, so I think just being confident and super relaxed, waiting for my timing, has really helped me.

I know I perform best when I stay calm.

When I'm relaxed, I play my best tennis.

If I was to get nervous, then I'm wasting my energy.

When you are relaxed, you can focus a lot more easily than when you are hyper and over-energetic. It's important to be "up" for a competition, but you shouldn't have too much energy, because you might not be able to control it. In competitions, it is important to be able to bring the power and energy you are feeling down to a level that you can control. This comes with practice and experience.

You have to block everything out and be extremely focused and be relaxed and mellow too.

Good performance is about the capacity to focus and concentrate.

Yeah, I try to be really calm.

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

Most important was to remain focused and always have presence of mind.