Gervinho Quotes

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

By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision.

I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've gotten more determination. I've got a better idea what I'm doing out there.

When the gun fires you must concentrate for every second on the way to that finish line. You should know exactly how long it will take you to and think about every step of the race you are about to run.

I am constantly trying to improve my playing and hope to get more and more mental strength. I think these are two of the success keys.

I'm working on staying aggressive in my game and fixing all the little details.

I keep my focus on the team and concentrate on the best possible match preparations.

As a player you just concentrate on your game.

It's always, 'No matter what the outing is, you can always find a way to be a better pitcher.' No matter what you do.

I want to be the strongest player in the world and score a lot of goals. To do that, I have to improve in every area.

I don't believe in luck. Not in golf, anyway. There are good bounces and bad bounces, sure, but the ball is round and so is the hole. If you find yourself in a position where you hope for luck to pull you through, you're in serious trouble.

We've got to play better basketball.

I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit.

Yes, I applied a lot of what I did in football to golf.

I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused on what you're doing.

In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.

My dad just wants me to dedicate myself to playing and to focus on the ball.

I usually tried to stay in the net for 45 minutes, half an hour longer than most batsmen would stick at the county nets. There was a reason for this so-called gluttony of practice: it was a conscious effort to make myself concentrate for long periods of time in circumstances as close to the real thing as I could make them.

I try to take the mental aspects of every sport that I've ever played and use it toward kicking, how to react in certain situations.

I prepare for every game the same.

You've just got to read your read keys and rep it in practice and then just do your job on the field.

I've become more of a climber now - who still keeps that time trial as strong as ever. It gives me such self-belief. I feel a different athlete.

Training-wise, you have to work on your weaknesses, preparing yourself properly for the game, on and off the field.

I just concentrate on my performance and the football.

My career record was 5-2 in penalty shootouts.