Trey Burke Quotes

Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.

Every time, the mindset I get when I get on the floor is that I'm the best player on the floor.

It's interesting: I never got stressed before wrestling matches. I always felt completely confident that I had done everything I could do, all my mental preparations when I sat down and envisioned the match, so I never felt stressed.

You can't be an athlete and doubt yourself.

I think, of course, when you are coming somewhere, when you know you are playing good tennis, it always helps you.

Part of what makes you great as a young player can hurt you at the end of your career, in terms of you need a certain amount of ego, a certain amount of arrogance to be able to play well and to push yourself and trick yourself into thinking you're better than you really are.

I don't feel pressure going into games.

I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence.

Tennis is an individual sport, and I am quite a self-conscious person.

Each day, you get an ounce more confidence. When we're playing like we are, there's no reason not to.

You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which 'clicks.'

I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them.

I mean I don't want to feel inferior to any other golfer in the world. You know if you do that, then you know you're giving them an advantage, you know, right off the - you know, right from the start.

You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.

There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.

Self-love is a big part of golf.

If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.

You know I need that cockiness, the self-belief, arrogance, swagger, whatever you want to call it, I need that on the golf course to bring the best out of myself. So you know once I leave the golf course, you know that all gets left there.

I would say I'm more traditional than I am superstitious. I don't, for example, have to do things ritually before the game in order to feel comfortable going to the game. But I don't think I'm naturally a football player. I don't have that grit and that killer instinct.

Whatever I am, it's natural... I don't have to pretend to be aggressive, don't have to show the opposition that I am on the field. Being aggressive comes naturally to me, helps me perform.

Because winning a gold medal had been a dream of mine since a young age, I needed to empty my mind during the preparation for the Olympics by telling myself that it would be OK not to win a gold medal.

I'm not really that bothered by appearance. I know a few players who go off doing stuff in the mirror ages before they go out to play a game, but I'm not really interested in that.

When at a young age you learn to face your fears, that makes the difference between people being champions and people not being champions.

Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can.

I mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself.