Gautam Rode Quotes

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

The more relaxed you can get, the better you'll do.

If you cannot concentrate, you are not so happy.

You're able to do more when you're not clouded with wasted anxiety.

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.

For me, it's important to relax and concentrate on what I want to do.

I don't pay any attention to records. I don't want pressure. I just want to get to that line.

I just don't worry about any moment. I just worry about kicking well.

I don't feel pressure going into games.

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

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

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.

I had tried to get focused on other things. But I always ended up back in the same place, and it wasn't making me happy. I needed to get the focus back.

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 don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon as I see the targets, I tune them out.

I don't worry about the last shot or the next shot. I concentrate. Every shot gets a clean slate. And when a shot is over, I wipe it out absolutely. Tell a joke or something. If you worry about how you looked, how well you did, you'll go insane.

Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.

I still take it seriously, but once I go out there I think I've got more relaxed and I think it shows.

Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference.

I learned early in sports that to be effective - for a player to play the best he can play - is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.

I think I get going because I try not to put added pressure on myself because a lot of times, you can be very good at what you do, but when you get ready, you have to be prepared to get it going.

Most people would focus on concentrating more, and I can't do that. It almost makes me overthink a lot of my things. I have to focus on not thinking.

I don't know why, but I don't really get too nervous before games or practices or whatever.

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

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