Georginio Wijnaldum Quotes

I think of the important things: how to prepare, how to practice, how to prepare to practice.

The only thing I can control is winning on the basketball court.

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

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.

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

I knew what my times were and how my practices were progressing and how close I was to the goals I had set for the year. I swam hard. I always swam hard. If I didn't, I knew I would pay for it either the next day or the next meet.

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.

To be number one, you must train like you are number two.

If I train well and stay focused, I'm confident I can deliver when the time comes.

I have only prepared properly for the World Championship three or four times in my life. If I had gone about it professionally I would have won the title 10 times.

If you just play your game, the stats will come.

In football, you only work for the things you can control. You cannot control the outside world: you can only control your preparation; you can only control your performances.

Training-wise, you have to work on your weaknesses, preparing yourself properly for the game, on and off the field.

There's a reason that I have confidence out there, and it's about how I prepare for games and for series and seasons and whatnot, so we've got to stick with that kind of thought process.

You just control what you can control and just hopefully go win games and keep getting better.

I prepare so I can be in the whole game.

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

If you are busy with a good performance, something you can control, then the chance to win the game is much bigger.

I just prepare myself to perform well, to support my teammates to play well, to try to get to the final, to the World Series.

I just keep myself focused and try to prepare each week for our games.

How do you play well? You practice well. You prepare well.

Too many people start their day like a five-alarm fire. Instead, I teach people to start their day a little earlier than they usually do, and urge them to take the time to prepare, to practise, so when you get to work, it's show time and you're at your best.

When I started studying for the arias it was like going into training for a heavyweight title fight.

You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.

What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do.