Jimmy Garoppolo Quotes

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

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

I keep my focus on the team and concentrate on the best possible match preparations.

I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've gotten more determination. I've got a better idea what I'm doing out there.

I just come to training, work hard, go home, prepare for the game, then play.

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

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

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.

Club or national training is the same. We play as we train.

What I have to do is train hard, be at the disposal of the coach and make the best of what I have here every day so when I'm called upon I'll be ready.

You've just got to read your read keys and rep it in practice and then just do your job on the field.

I always try to prepare as well as possible for matches.

Just have to continue to motivate myself to be ready at any time, be ready to go no matter what. Keep my mind busy and stay locked in.

I must continue to work hard in training. I need to think more like a goal scorer; sometimes I get so immersed in the game because I love general play so much.

I think if you think that far ahead about the first four, or to be champions, that is something you cannot control. You can control the training, and then the performance will come game by game, and do not think that far ahead.

Some weeks, I'll go super-hard at practice for two straight days, but then the third day, something happens away from basketball, and I'll lose focus. I'll say, 'I just want to get through practice. I don't want to conquer it today.' But then I'll go home and realize I missed a chance to get better, and it'll bother me.

I'm just going to do what I always do: train. And when it's time to fight, I go fight.

I always set the bar very high, not in terms of results but most in terms of preparation and focusing on the job there is to do in the car.

The game is not won by a pep talk on Saturday. It's won by preparation of your club from Monday until game time. If they're not ready on Saturday, you're not going to get them ready by trying to inspire them with a dog-eat-dog sermon on that day.

How you practice in nets matters a lot.

I learn how to put myself in situations at practice that cause me to zone in on what I'm trying to accomplish at meets. I try to make my practice surrounding as close to competition pressure to focus on what I need to do on the big stage.

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

I always practice as I intend to play.

Concentration is born on the practice court... you must mentally treat your practice sessions as matches, concentrating on every ball you hit.

You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way.