Miles Teller Quotes

It's what happens in other major championships - I just lose my head a little bit.

As a top player, you have to keep your emotions in check. You think you can control everything.

I'm good at keeping on top of my emotions and not letting them influence the fight.

I think you can train yourself to block out some of that pressure and replace it with confidence. It's about preparation, and the more prepared I am, the less pressure I feel and the more confident I am. As your confidence grows, it's only natural that the pressure you feel diminishes.

Nerves, stress and the pressure to perform are a part of life. You don't have to conquer these feelings; just learn to live with them.

To be a champion, you have to learn to handle stress and pressure. But if you've prepared mentally and physically, you don't have to worry.

The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation.

I don't really get too high or too low. I think when you have a big tournament, that's the important thing: managing emotion.

Even though there are a lot of bright tennis players out there, you still have to protect yourself and save all your mental and emotional energies for tennis.

I've really learned over the years how to control my adrenaline and let it all out when they shoot the gun versus letting the crowd and the lights and the camera get to me.

Everyone has a breaking point, turning point, stress point, the game is permeated with it. The fans don't see it because we make it look so efficient. But internally, for a guy to be successful, you have to be like a clock spring, wound but not loose at the same time.

As I got older and started moving up the ranking, the matches got more important, and my emotions ratcheted up. I guess I hid my real feelings behind the anger.

I have to do some mental gymnastics as an actor sometimes, to remember not to let certain things in.

Pressure comes from myself, because I expect a lot, but I am trying not to put so much pressure on tournaments and to be less emotional during matches.

Emotion is a good thing, but top level football can be tough, and you have to be in control.

If I'm mad or showing my frustration, the whole team's gonna be like that, techs, and people are going to go down. So I just try to keep the even keel. That's why I don't get too high or too low. I've been playing like that my whole life. It's just natural for me.

You grow up always thinking you'd be in pressure situations all the time, and that's why I put pressure on myself in practice, so when those situations come in the game I feel I can be successful.

I get quite stroppy if I lose - but I've developed skills with a mind coach to help deal with the highs and lows of tennis at this level.

You go through mental preparation the night before the game and prepare for moments of trauma in a game when it happens.

I used to get so stressed out before the fight, weeks out, because of how much weight I had to cut to get there.

Even if sometimes I'm not happy with the way I'm playing the game before, during the changeover I have to stay calm. Otherwise the next game will be worse.

A bit of nervousness is essential as in a way it helps you deliver your best.

I try not to feel pressure, because I feel like it kind of throws you off. I always try to focus on myself. But it does kind of creep into the back of my mind.

It's not an excuse, but I'd say I didn't perform well in the big fights because I wasn't prepared properly.

It could be very costly if you don't have a clear mind during a tournament.