Kacy Catanzaro Quotes

When you envision something in your head over and over again, it's like a movie placing you in that position, and once you are there you're ready.

I'm supposed to relax and concentrate on the image of myself out there skating my race.

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.

You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform.

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

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.

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

When you walk out of your apartment, you think about performing; you do not think about how your opponent looks. So I think the advice from me to everybody is just to go out there and have fun.

Being relaxed allowed me to fight the way I'm capable of fighting.

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

Spend at least some of your training time, and other parts of your day, concentrating on what you are doing in training and visualizing your success.

I picture success and winning. The body has a physical response to mental images of winning.

For me, I like to imagine being successful. I like to imagine the end, which is success. I envision it, where I can actually see it happening. Going into the ring, seeing the fight happen, seeing me winning that belt, seeing me back in my dressing room celebrating with a slice of cake, which I always had. And the same with meetings. I do prepare though; that confidence comes from preparation, because that fear is in the back of your head of not doing well, of not saying the right thing or having the right information. That's where the preparation comes in for me.

I'm confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.

I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much.

Knowing the strike zone is very important, but I think the first thing is knowing yourself, knowing what things you do well.

One of the main techniques I used was focusing on the goal and visualising myself competing in the race before the race started.

A good 80 percent of the vault is still physical and another percentage of it, 20, 25 percent is mental. Mental is always the mental strength, the confidence building up to that contest or repetition, practice, practice, and practice.

As an athlete, confidence makes me more competitive and helps me perform better.

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.

You're trying to put yourself in that moment and trying to prepare yourself, to have a 'memory before the game. I don't know if you'd call it visualising or dreaming, but I've always done it, my whole life.

When I'm playing my best, like I was at the U.S. Open, I feel on top of the match and able to do exactly what I want. There are other times when you're not in control, but that is tennis and you have momentum changes in every single match.

I have reasons to believe that I could win the World Cup, but I take it one race at a time.

When I got to match point in the final I was afraid I'd be a little nervous, but I just said, You have to stay focused, just think about what you have to do.

We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.