Kepa Arrizabalaga Quotes

When you're on the pitch, you can't think about what the fans are thinking.

I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.

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.

As players, we have to concentrate with what happens on the pitch, not off it.

I want to focus on football and just go on the pitch to do my thing.

Football has never left me. I still wake up in the morning and think of the operating room like a game, like it's showtime, let's perform.

I don't believe that there's a footballer out there that only thinks about football.

I can't worry about what's going on up front, I've got to continue to keep my eyes down the field.

On the pitch we tend to forget the things that happen off the field. I try to focus a lot on what I'm doing.

In football, it's not enough just to be amazing, but you also have to have a clear head. If you're not calm, it becomes very difficult.

When I'm on the field, family-wise, family matters, whatever off-the-field issues, I'm not worried about.

Before matches, there is a little bit of pressure, but on the pitch, you forget it all. You only think about playing football.

I don't know how I look when I'm on the court to tell you the truth, I'm just focused.

I don't really think about the crowd when I am in the middle. I actually forget about the crowd, forget the money; that's exactly what I always do.

When you get out in the field, it's just like any other game. You want to be the same player, the same team that has gotten them to that point. I don't think you have to do anything special. Just be yourself and allow all the time you put in that take over and get the job done.

First and foremost, we have to focus on what we're doing and not worry about what Bayern - or any other clubs - are doing.

There are times when I'm watching an NFL quarterback struggling to get through the game, and I get bitter to some extent.

You don't have time to dwell on what is going on in the games.

In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.

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

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

When there's an important tournament going on, I try and stay in a bubble. It's easy that way because then you don't have to worry about anything else.

I'm not a headline guy. I know that as long as I was following Ruth to the plate I could have stood on my head and no one would have known the difference.

It is difficult to be yourself on court, as you become very involved in the match and very focused.

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.