Picabo Street Quotes

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

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

I'm supposed to relax and concentrate on the image of myself out there skating my race.

When I'm starting a race, I just completely narrow down my vision and focus on what's directly ahead of me.

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

By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment.

You're trying to put yourself in that moment and trying to prepare yourself, to have a 'memory before the game. I don't know if you'd call it visualising or dreaming, but I've always done it, my whole life.

I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon as I see the targets, I tune them out.

There is a need to be the best you can be. You can't panic; you concentrate. When I run up to the hurdles, I'm very nervous, but I'll tend to think about technical things to keep my mind focused.

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

I was thinking on the rollers today that, before a race, if I could just pick my brain up and put it on the side of the track for four minutes, it would be perfect.

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.

I watch the goals to get me in the mood and to give myself a vision of how I want the game to go.

As fighters we want to do the best we can, so we visualize what we want to happen.

When I get onto the pitch, I block out everything around it, and I really focus on the pitch.

Music can be useful during training to help get you psyched, and I still listen to music on easy climbs or in the gym. But during cutting-edge solos or really hard climbs, I unplug. There shouldn't be a need for extra motivation on big days, be it music or anything else. It should come from within.

I cannot control what goes on in another lane and this is how I focus on the Games. There is no point in being nervous of other swimmers. It's just about focusing on yourself and what you need to do in order to perform at your best.

Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved this goal. See yourself doing the things you'll be doing when you've reached your goal.

Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.

I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.

There's a DVD called 'The Secret.' It's like visualization and meditation, certain methods I use before games, visualizing the games before they happen.

I've lived an amazing life. There's no reason to focus on the bad. They teach you that in racing school. Keep your eye where you want your front tire to be. You don't want to be stuck in the rut? Then don't look at the rut. Always look at where you want to go.

Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.

Before you take your address, while you're still reading the putt, imagine the ball tracking on the line you've chosen and falling into the cup. If you don't believe you can make every putt, why bother trying?

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.