Wladimir Klitschko Quotes

I train and prepare for every contest the same so I can compete to the best of my abilities.

My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

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

Once I'm at the training ground, I'm focused, preparing for the next game.

I'm just going to do what I always do: train. And when it's time to fight, I go fight.

I'm always prepared for five, six rounds. I train hard. Sometimes it's over quickly, but you have to be prepared for every round, always respecting your opponent.

There were butterflies, otherwise, you're not really ready to play. The locker room, I remember, was quiet and we were very focused on playing that game.

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.

Just try to focus one game at a time, not worry about points or anything like that. Worry about playing the right way and see what comes of it.

Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.

I think of the important things: how to prepare, how to practice, how to prepare to practice.

You play this sport in the mind, not only on the field.

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

When I'm on the field, I'm locked in, focused on my job. I try to have a positive play and try to get points on the board.

I always try to prepare as well as possible for matches.

I train hard, but having a fight on the cards so often gives me targets and focus.

There's a reason that I have confidence out there, and it's about how I prepare for games and for series and seasons and whatnot, so we've got to stick with that kind of thought process.

I love athletics and martial-arts and competition because it gets me right and puts me in the right place.

I'm a professional; I'd never fight against Mirko or anyone else not being prepared.

I'm like a prize fighter. When I'm not on stage, every action that I take has to be focused on my next performance.

I have fought fighters in the past who I don't like as people, but you have to block out any type of dislike or hate. Whatever he's done, whatever he's said, you can't be thinking about that. You just have to see him as a man that you have to outpoint, outgame, and beat on the night.

Concentration is born on the practice court... you must mentally treat your practice sessions as matches, concentrating on every ball you hit.

You rewind. You think of your preparation. You think of everything you did throughout the week, your life, the practices, the intensity. Everything flashes, and you come right back to that point. And it's like, game on.

I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on over the camera. And I can usually nail my lines on the first or second take because I'm right there.

I'm always open to suggestions. I'm open to opportunities. Whether I take them or not, I don't know. And I would only take them if I weren't training, if I didn't have a fight scheduled. I really want to keep my focus on fighting. That's where all these doors are opening up from anyways. I don't want to lose sight of that. I love fighting.