Chris Weidman Quotes

Mentally, my key is just focusing on the little things I need to do in a race, whether that's tempo, turn entry, start speed, things like that. I'm not thinking about that much before or during a race. I just trust in my ability and all the hard work I put in and let the race come to me.

I never prepare according to how I feel for a fight. I always prepare to be a better me.

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.

People expect you to play your best, so I go through a routine to prepare myself so that I know I'm physically and mentally ready - prepared for the game.

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.

People might think it's all about getting up for a game but it's often the opposite.

Before important games, I don't change my preparation.

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

One of the biggest things I've worked on is how to play my best tennis every single time I walk on to the court.

I clear my mind; I don't think about the pressure before a fight. I focus on going in the cage and being successful while doing my job.

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.

When you train outside of camp, it's fun, I'm playing around, I'm working hard but I'm having fun. When I get into that camp it's 10 weeks of tunnel vision on that opponent, you're trying to work on your strengths and weaknesses, really trying to get better in different areas before the fight.

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

I have a race routine. I have a team of people helping me. I have winning habits. I believe in myself. I have balance in my life.

I am always nervous before the start of a race. It helps me to say to myself to try my very best. That is my commitment. No matter how bad it gets, I will try my hardest.

I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.

I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon as I see the targets, I tune them out.

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 think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused on what you're doing.

When the gun fires you must concentrate for every second on the way to that finish line. You should know exactly how long it will take you to and think about every step of the race you are about to run.

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

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

I've been in baseball my whole life, so I understand there's a lot in baseball that is out of your control, and you have to focus on the things you can control.

I try to take the mental aspects of every sport that I've ever played and use it toward kicking, how to react in certain situations.

I prepare for every game the same.