Jack Ramsay Quotes

I've always been a person who likes to take care of myself, but there is so much to do behind the scenes, and I love to just focus on the tennis.

When you step on the treadmill, make a commitment. Do, say, 3 miles a day. And don't get off until you finish. It doesn't matter what speed you're going. Just don't get off.

I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for.

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.

The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.

Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure.

I grew up doing gymnastics. It requires discipline, eating right, getting sleep, lots of sacrifice. But the pros outweigh the sacrifice.

You have to make sacrifices. You have to work out, to be relaxed in your mind, to focus on what you're doing.

Experience always enables you to handle pressure better.

I actually love pressure.

I can't worry about techs. I've got to play my game.

We are professional footballers. How to cope with the pressure is one of the things we have to learn.

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

As a player, you just want to focus on controlling the controllables.

Just pushing myself for more rounds at a higher pace in training. Your focus should be grounded in what you do, and that's fighting. I'm getting my cardio that way.

When I'm training; I'm prepared for anything.

One of my key mental fitness tips is to make sure you are aware of your target and develop a strategy - a routine that you can depend on while in the race. This is a crucial part of mental fitness and preparation.

Every time I write down my goals, I realize that I have to hit the gym. I have to eat right. I have to improve in the ring. I have to give it 100%. I have to improve on my promos. These are the things that go through my head daily because I work hard on them.

Don't think about the 50 reps ahead of you, just the next 5.

It's hard to understand the athlete's lifestyle. You literally eat, sleep, train. You go to training camps in the winter where there is no Internet, you can't make phone calls.

I was thrown into this world of training, and weightlifting, and boxing, and cardio. It's amazing to feel your body being capable of that.

Well, my dad did a lot of Kung Fu when I was growing up, so he taught me a lot about mental toughness. Ways to slow your heart rate down, slow your breathing down to take control of your body so you can push yourself to the next limit.

The emotion to handle the pressure is one of the biggest challenges in football - it's the top challenge.

I know how to deal with pressure.

When you train outside of camp, it's fun, I'm playing around, I'm working hard but I'm having fun. When I get into that camp it's 10 weeks of tunnel vision on that opponent, you're trying to work on your strengths and weaknesses, really trying to get better in different areas before the fight.