Willie Cauley-Stein Quotes

As a competitor, you have to learn pretty quickly how to deal with pressure.

I get restless easily so I always want to keep working, but I am trying to pace it as well.

You have to make sacrifices. You have to work out, to be relaxed in your mind, to focus on what you're doing.

Anything negative that comes at me throughout the week, you just take it and put it in that box over there for motivation and use it on Sunday.

Juggling your personal life, your social life, and your work is hard, especially when you're in school like I am, but I think it's worth it.

I train hard every day, I don't know what the word 'impossible' means.

I practice very hard. I take care of myself, and I'm young.

Of course I have to work harder because I have my limitations, and I have to prepare better and in a different way my body and mental strength, but that is part of my life.

If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.

Learn how to cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days ahead.

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

The most difficult thing about my job is that I do a lot of 19-hour days. It's really difficult to have a life, never mind a relationship. I don't have any regrets, really. I'm quite content. I'm very stubborn and persistent. I just keep working.

I can just put my head down and train hard.

I think the one thing that athletics prepared me for that's been more beneficial than anything has been the humbling times.

The habits of study in which I have been brought up have done much to support me. I never allow myself to be one moment unoccupied.

Without the lessons I learned in gymnastics, I would be crushed.

Games are not so bad because the adrenalin keeps you going, but training on a daily basis when every time you move it hurts, that is a real battle.

It is a lot of work when you have to go to school and then try to improve your game at the same time.

It's the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It's something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, 'How did you get to where you're at today? How did you get to where you're running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?'

When I was about 15, I learnt that training hard doesn't get easier, you just learn to push harder. That's a powerful mentality to master.

You face distractions, you face adversity in life and you have to be able to handle it, you have to be able to fight through it and become a better man and become a better player because of it.

My experience at Florida State helped me to have the discipline to prepare as well as to endure challenging spots.

You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.

I've done all my bike circuit cardio workouts when I know I gotta push my numbers higher and I gotta be better than I was before. It sucks. Your body doesn't want to do it, but I've done that. I know I have that in me.