Frank Gore Quotes

I felt good in all my fights. It's all in the preparation. I prepare myself for all of them. And I felt good in all my fights.

I've probably given myself enough time to prepare for this meet and we're all different athletes so I can't take their results as what's going to be inevitable for me.

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

When you start lifting weights in the offseason in like November, you're like, 'Ah, I'm going to get this thing up so I can get to the World Series.'

I go out and put in a load during the offseason so I know what I'm going to be able to do, as long as I stay healthy, when it comes time for the season.

My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

An Olympic pursuit really takes a full three to four years of Olympic preparation.

I just think overall a lot of it has to do with conditioning and players putting in the time and the effort in the off-season to keep themselves in condition for 12 months a year.

I think if I get the training spot on, the equipment perfect and I'm in the right state of mind, I can get a result there from no competitive action.

You can't just be only going to the gym when you sign a fight contract or you'll just be the same fighter every time, just more experienced.

People turn professional and they are not running as fast as they did in college because it is a lot different, but I wanted to make sure that I didn't have that kind of transition and always stayed on top.

In any footballer's head there comes a point where he recognises that he needs to be playing more games.

I have to work hard. I have to get fitness back. If I get game time - which is always different to training - I have to work hard on my game and get confidence again.

I know since my first fight in the UFC I can beat Ronda Rousey, but of course I have to take my time and put everything together.

It's always difficult not playing games and that match fitness and sharpness is something you always lack when you don't get that opportunity.

When I was out there on the floor, I think I did pretty good for myself... I've never really had enough time to play and actually improve.

In spring training, I just try to spread everything out so I can be 100 percent before the season starts. I don't want to start feeling like I don't get it once the season starts. I want to be 100 percent on Opening Day.

I need to continue to be wise, be efficient and prepared for every game that I play leading up to the Olympics.

I need eight weeks, train hard, last one week make weight, and go to the war. Because when I go to the war, I have to know I am ready or no.

It's really nice to be able to go into the offseason and attack the training as soon as possible.

Fear is there. Anything can happen at an Olympics. I want to use the experience I gained from Athens and Beijing - the fear, too - and build a me that can't lose. I will do everything to make sure I win a third gold medal in London. That target drives me. I'm bulking up and have more power now. I'll be fighting fit to take the gold back home.

Back in 2014, I felt like I was ready to win a world title. I felt like I was prepared and I was as good as anyone else, but I knew I didn't have the equipment.

I'm training and preparing because nothing is predictable in boxing. I'm preparing for those rounds, and if it happens that I get a shot, whatever advantage I have, I will be ready for 12 rounds.

I train great outside of camp but then once camp starts, it's just a constant weight cut.

How you run the race - your planning, preparation, practice, and performance - counts for everything. Winning or losing is a by-product, and aftereffect, of that effort.