Apolo Ohno Quotes

The big picture is the Trials and Olympics. I just have to keep focused for that, keep moving forward.

You have to get yourself right for the Worlds. If you can't get yourself right for that you shouldn't be playing.

Even though I was sitting on the bench at Arsenal, I made myself prepare like I was going to play, thinking about the game properly. I had to be ready.

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

Too many athletes don't have the ability to set a goal and then carefully go towards it.

Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.

One of the great lessons I've learned in athletics is that you've got to discipline your life. No matter how good you may be, you've got to be willing to cut out of your life those things that keep you from going to the top.

There are great disciplines from being a sportsman that you can transfer into being an artist. The preparation, the sacrifice, the constant desire to improve.

You need to work very hard, you have to spend a lot of time practicing your sport - six to seven hours daily.

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.

The life of an athlete does have to be lonely and you have to be focused on your craft and what you do. Loneliness is just a sacrifice you make as an Olympic-level athlete.

In football, you only work for the things you can control. You cannot control the outside world: you can only control your preparation; you can only control your performances.

I need to continue to be wise, be efficient and prepared for every game that I play leading up to the Olympics.

Hard work doesn't start during the game. Hard work starts the night before.

Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined or focusing too much. Success is measured by what we have done to prepare for competition.

You've got to be a disciplined person if you want to succeed both in sport and in life.

When I started studying for the arias it was like going into training for a heavyweight title fight.

I have a race routine. I have a team of people helping me. I have winning habits. I believe in myself. I have balance in my life.

Success for an athlete follows many years of hard work and dedication.

I always put my boxing first.

You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way.

I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition.

Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.

To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing in life-in my case, dancing.

The way I think about the practicing, it is my undercover work.