Jimmy Walker Quotes

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.

I never focus on my opponent - I focus more on myself: knowing what my strengths are, where I can take the fight, how I can win the fight, and the intensity that I'm going to bring to a fight.

When you get 10-15 minutes, you can't be sad or angry with the coach. You just have to play your game and do your best. That is in my mind always.

I gotta be able to beat good guys at any moment. I think that's what I'm taking.

You've just got to play yourself at the end of the day - just try and keep to your game, keep focused and if you can do that, you've got a good chance of beating anyone.

The key to winning is poise under stress.

The only pressure I feel is how I can contribute to help my team win the match. Of course, there is always the pressure to score, but then doesn't it eventually help your team win? Frankly, I don't let these things affect me.

You can teach all the other stuff, you know. You can teach shooting the ball, you can teach having a good touch... passing and whatnot, but when you get out there on the field, it's just a mindset you need to go into the game with.

Concentrate, play your game, and don't be afraid to win.

Feelings aren't going to help me win a game.

For me, I'm more reserved and focused once I get to the game.

I always feel like the freshest boxer going into competitions.

If you're scared to lose rather than excited to win, then that's the wrong way to approach a race.

The challenge is to stay cool enough to handle the pressure in the moment so that you can succeed in the future.

If you want to be at the top, you need to have the winning mentality and the calmness.

I'm always composed, calm, and always believe in my own ability, and if I start well, then I end up having a good game, usually.

You grow up always thinking you'd be in pressure situations all the time, and that's why I put pressure on myself in practice, so when those situations come in the game I feel I can be successful.

As for myself, in sport you have to question yourself every week and be ready in your head, and you have to be at 100% of determination if you want to keep going and win games; you cannot afford to be at 80% or 90%.

Come fight night, there will be nerves, but it's how you react to those nerves - doing what you need to regardless - that's how you win fights.

I expect to beat everybody I play. It's kind of that quiet confidence that I have inside that I try to present to the opponent without getting too overboard. Because there are times when I seem composed, but inside I'm losing my mind.

There are difficult matches from time to time, and that is absolutely normal. You have to stay calm and confident after them.

What such a man needs is not courage but nerve control, cool headedness. This he can get only by practice.

I focus on myself, that's how I beat Wladimir Klitschko.

Being patient has made me a more precise fighter.

The more prepared I am, the calmer I will be.