Robbie Lawler Quotes

When I set my eyes on the gold at the world championships, I was able to maintain that focus that whole day. That's what I aim to do in Rio - my focus is gold, so I can keep in that good state; I can't get too complacent. I can't relax; I can't be content. I need to be 100 per cent switched on.

You have to get yourself right for the Worlds. If you can't get yourself right for that you shouldn't be playing.

I just have to bring the energy and play my game.

I watch all my goals before every game on the coach.

Music can be useful during training to help get you psyched, and I still listen to music on easy climbs or in the gym. But during cutting-edge solos or really hard climbs, I unplug. There shouldn't be a need for extra motivation on big days, be it music or anything else. It should come from within.

I just want to give my best in London, I want to cross that line and see a personal best on the clock then I will see what position I am in.

In competition, when I start performance I try not to think about all the pressure from the fans. But, I got a lot of energy from them always. They make me more perfect.

I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.

I want to wake up every day and feel that I'm training harder than my competitors, that I'm dieting harder, that I'm recovering better. That's what gives me confidence when I'm lining up on the blocks. I've never gone out to prove people wrong. I just want to be the best that I can possibly be.

But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.

I go into each game with the same mindset of showing people what I can do and letting the rest take care of itself.

I am just going to try to run my personal best. If it comes as a world record, I would appreciate it. But I would treat it as a personal best.

I know how good I am, and I know where I can go if I'm in the right mindset and respecting my opponent.

I always say my biggest competitor is myself because, whenever I step out there on the mat, I'm competing against myself to prove that I can do this and that I am very well trained, prepared for it.

I have many aspects of my game I need to improve, and that's what I am focusing on. I prefer not to say what they are in public - for me, it's a secret, and I just want to work hard.

We try not to worry about our opponent. We try to worry about ourselves.

On the pitch, I need to stay focused, alert, and be ready to face my heart-racing moment with confidence.

Just have to worry about making sure I'm playing my game and doing all that.

I just have to play my best against my opponents.

I love athletics and martial-arts and competition because it gets me right and puts me in the right place.

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%.

For me, I've not really focused on a world record. I'm just trying to put a complete race together, and when I do that, then fast times will come.

I'd be walking off the court thinking I didn't put everything out there, which was the last thing I wanted, so I just went out there and focused on my game, and it worked out great. It's nice to know I can play at that level, but to do it week in, week out is a different challenge, and I want to be able to do that.

It doesn't matter how you're playing: you've got to be vocal - you've got to be aggressive - if you really want to be one of the best in this league.

Everything in your preparation, in your mind is we're gonna win this game. You don't really even think of the other side.