Stuart Appleby Quotes

The 'enemy' in golf is tension.

You can't be in the zone in front of 12 million people, you've got to be chill.

When an archer is shooting for nothing, he has all his skill. If he shoots for a brass buckle, he is already nervous. If he shoots for a prize of gold, he goes blind or sees two targets - He is out of his mind! His skill has not changed. But the prize divides him. He cares. He thinks more of winning than of shooting- And the need to win drains him of power.

The pressure of getting an order right is greater than sinking a putt.

Sometimes on sets, I shut down, try to focus.

Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.

When I was playing football, I always felt in complete control. When I play golf and come under pressure, it's a completely different ball game.

Actually the adrenaline of the game will probably help me out a little bit to regain command and concentration about the things that I have to do.

Golf is played between the ears and if you are not 100 percent focused on what you are trying to do, then people will go past you no matter who you are.

You just don't have the time to worry about what others are doing. You just want to take care of your own business. You are focused on that tee shot on the 10th tee and making it to the finish line. It's one of the most stressful moments in professional golf, but you have worked so hard to get to that point, that it really is fun.

I don't know, I think, in times where I'm really nervous, and I'm really under the pressure the worst possible outcome is for me to start thinking about it. I just do.

Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up.

Penalty kicks are so much about confidence and your mentality going into them. If you go walk up to a kick and you're not sure where you're gonna place it, or you're feeling a little uneasy, that's when you often miss it.

That little white ball is always staring back at you, daring you to make a mistake.

Find a man with both feet firmly on the ground and you've found a man about to make a difficult putt.

I don't feel like I ever really do get past the nervousness. I'm always nervous. Something about being nervous keeps you on the edge, and I've always felt like I worked better under pressure.

It's just a matter of hitting the ball where I want to hit it and hopefully making some putts.

Do you agree that when there's tension and an obsession to want to hit the ball is when you hit it worst? You have to be loose.

I never read my press when I was competing. I never got caught up in what I was doing at that moment.

No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best.

I felt tight from the beginning of the match to the end. I couldn't relax.

I think I'd have done better if I had been a little more relaxed-if I had not pressed quite so hard, if I'd not lost quite so much sleep.

When I'm out there, you just have to react. That's why you work on those throws. When you're in the moment, you can't think to yourself, 'How do I get this to go 47 yards and be 2 yards inside the sideline?'

Few things focus the mind like fear.

My mind started wandering. I started playing carefully, instead of playing the way that had gotten me to that point. I had to force myself to keep driving the ball.