Usain Bolt Quotes

I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.

Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.

If you start giving too much importance to pressure, you won't be in the present.

I take a breath when I have to.

I find it very difficult to relax. I find it increasingly difficult to find outlets for my frustration.

I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.

One of the things I was so glad that happened to me on Knots was that I learned to relax.

My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.

I don't get stressed out.

I'm a horrible perfectionist and very highly strung. That's why I do yoga: to unwind.

I know I feel crazy when I'm stressed out. You know when I don't feel crazy? When I'm in my nap pod.

If I'm in a pressurised situation, I've learned to breathe, chill myself out and be calm.

I used to take life so seriously; I got so stressed.

I'm not a big worrier because I just think stress is just not a good thing... it's just like, what's the point?

I think the biggest lesson I have learned is not to get too anxious about your work.

I can't relax. I don't have any hobbies.

Always remember that, nine times out of ten, you probably aren’t having a full-on nervous breakdown – you just need a cup of tea and a biscuit. You’d be amazed how easily and repeatedly you can confuse the two. Get a big biscuit tin.

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.

Yeah, all those things, responsibility, pressure. It's a bit stressful. I try and come to terms with it by not thinking about it.

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.

I used to get nervous so I took up Yoga to help me calm down.

Once you just tell yourself, 'OK, I'm going to have a breakdown right now, and I'm going to cry for an hour, put my phone away. I'm going to go swimming, and then I'm gonna make my family dinner and lay on the couch and watch 'Ru Paul's Drag Race,'' once you accept that it's not the day and you can just have a breakdown, you're over it.

Meditation was a turning point for me. It helped me deal with a lot of stress and has given me a lot of relaxation.

Many of us have been running all our lives. Practice stopping.

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