Reiss Nelson Quotes

To win games, we need to be focused for 95 minutes. If not, you always pay in football.

The Premier League is so competitive so we have to be very attentive, very focused and not relax in any way - especially when it is thought to be a winnable game.

In the Premier League a little half a second can punish you and you just have to be focused for all 90 or 95 minutes, whatever it may be.

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.

I think whether home or away, it's playing a full four quarters, doing good things on offense all the way through the game rather than just in spurts.

As a player, you have to focus on the match and not too much on the surroundings.

In the Premier League you know you'll play a certain amount of matches so you can always think 'I'll put it right next week' if you lose.

When I prepare for a game the names are not really important to me.

You play 162 games so let's say 100 of them come down to the end where you see the game is out of reach one way or the other. I feel like the other 62 are close games so you're going to be into those at-bats. If you do that, that's 100 at-bats. That's almost a month worth of at-bats where you're not as focused as you might be in those 62.

The Champions League is very difficult and you need to keep your concentration at all times.

My business is to perform on the pitch, to put in performances and that is what I want to do.

The World Cup 2015 will be a stage for youngsters to make names for themselves and earn the respect and recognition of the cricket pundits. However, this can only be achieved if they don't get overawed by the situation, stay focused, stick to basics, respect the opponents, and follow match plans that will vary from match to match.

In international sport you get distractions all the time, but at the end of the day that shouldn't affect how you deliver a ball or how you hit a ball.

I just keep myself focused and try to prepare each week for our games.

I am happy to play in the Premier League. It's a competition which encourages players to give only their very best week in, week out and you have to be 100%.

Being in my rhythm, I can never tell whether I got 15 carries or 25 carries. It's never really a difference to me. I just go out and play.

When you have 20,000 people yelling and screaming at you, four other guys can concentrate on the floor. So every time I touch the basketball and everyone is yelling and chanting and doing things towards me, well, four other guys can concentrate.

Just like any other game we're taking on we've got to prepare, prepare hard, mentally, physically. We've been practicing hard.

I'm someone who always comes on the court no matter what's going on in my life. It's all about basketball and my teammates and my team. I don't let any distractions in, and I bring my best every night, regardless of what's going on or what people are talking about.

No matter how loud the stadium is, once you're on that field and that offense walks up to the line, it's silent. You can only hear the guys on the field. It's amazing how much concentration you can have when it's required and how powerful your mind is to give it to you.

Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.

And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure.

The biggest thing was just getting comfortable out there in front of all the people and just the whole major setting and how difficult major championships are, how patient... you have to be.

I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.

As a kid, I used to see how Sachin Tendulkar used to win matches under pressure for India in Sharjah or other places. So I was always keen to repeat the same in similar situations. I don't take pressure on myself when I am in the middle. I love pressure, and I always believe that pressure makes you more focused.