Derek Jeter Quotes

I can't remember ever racing without any pressure.

The challenge for young players is always stepping into the next level in terms of how much faster the game is.

I played at the highest level, so I know what kind of things go through a player's mind and how he might behave, what patterns will crop up in the day-to-day routine.

There's days in training where everything flows and days in training where they don't. You just pray that doesn't happen the night of the fight.

There is always anxiety before a competition and it was no different for me today. It was only in the third round, with about 40 targets left, that I realised I could match the world record score.

Everybody gets all worked up about trash talk but it is what it is - it's talk... You ask any player, honestly, if trash talk's gonna affect how hard they play, because if a little trash talk affects how hard they can play, it just lets us know that they were holding back or weren't playing harder or as hard as they could.

I'm nervous when I play in the Masters or most other tournaments.

Everyone has a breaking point, turning point, stress point, the game is permeated with it. The fans don't see it because we make it look so efficient. But internally, for a guy to be successful, you have to be like a clock spring, wound but not loose at the same time.

During my first Olympics in 1980, at the age of 23, I was physically in great condition but mentally too inexperienced to cope comfortably in the pressure cooker of an Olympic year.

When I'm practising on my own, my game feels great, but there's a big difference between practising on your own and playing against people.

Just because I have to deal with the stress and pressure and nerves of elite sport every day, it doesn't mean it all comes easily. I have worked hard at the mental side of my game.

Psychology is a big part of sport that some people do not realise. But it is a skill you have to practice.

With a good start, players can relax a bit more and aren't so anxious throughout the season.

Wrestling is one of the hardest things, and it has nothing to do with the extremely hard physical part of it. It has to do with the psychological part of it.

Learning how to compete is one of the most important things that an athlete can do. You can train as well as you possibly can and go compete and completely choke.

You live for those pressure moments. Through an international career, you have ups and downs, but you always feel you are going to be tested in moments like that. It has taken me years to feel comfortable and to feel like I have good composure in those situations.

I think when it's a high-stress situation, my tennis definitely takes a big dip.

Don't misunderstand,' he said, 'there's pressure with every football game… Sometimes players, coaches, teams put pressure on themselves when they don't have to.

Growing up, I was often put under a lot of pressure. Being an athlete, I've been dealing with pressure for a long time.

Any fight I feel pressure, just the same as the last one, the next one will be just as important.

No matter how much you train, you can't replicate the stresses that the body takes when it's in a competitive environment.

There is pressure, and I would never complain about that, but as players we put pressure on ourselves all the time. That's one thing I won't miss when I finally stop playing.

The hardest part of performing in the Premier League is the mental side of it, with everything being scrutinised.

One of the biggest fears of players in a shootout is letting your teammates down.

I don't put pressure on myself. I just compete.