Adam Thielen Quotes

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.

There's steps that I've taken already, and each week, talking with the sports psychologist on a routine basis and working with the different programs that we're going through. This is all stuff that you can say you're going to make a difference, but I'm putting it into action.

I learned early in sports that to be effective - for a player to play the best he can play - is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.

When I'm off the golf course, I feel the pressure, but I try to concentrate on the golf course.

I'm supposed to relax and concentrate on the image of myself out there skating my race.

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.

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

People always say golfers don't smile. But there is so much psychology in golf so we have to be a bit robotic.

Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference.

I used a lot of sports psychologists when I was younger... sometimes it helped, sometimes it didn't.

As long as you put the effort in with your practice, the muscles in your arm stay relaxed and mental preparation is all it takes.

Once I dedicated my time to mixed martial arts, I became careful about what I let into my mind. I made a goal of being the best on Earth in mixed martial arts and fighting. I wanted to build my mind into something good, not just of the world. I wanted to be different.

If you are humble, your concentration will be very high. That's the way to go in sports.

Adrenaline is a huge deal. All of a sudden you start hitting the golf ball a little bit farther. You learn to stay within yourself and what you have to do to calm yourself down and stay within your game plan.

Just focus on doing what you love to do and play your best game. Get your qualities out of the pitch, enjoy your game and don't think about the other things.

Growing up, I did quite a bit of reading on the mental side. My dad, who coached me, had us doing a lot of different types of mental work, like visualization. I read a couple of tennis books that talked about calming your nerves, belief, visualization, relaxing, breathing.

Obviously, that's the thing any athlete wants to be able to do, to take weaknesses and turn them into strengths.

I focus on each leg and not what the score is.

My coach has taught me since 5 years old, and he stresses not just the quality of training but the mental part. Technique and the mental game have to mesh, balance.

When I get onto the pitch, I block out everything around it, and I really focus on the pitch.

Always staying focused is something that's been very tough for me. I'm still working on it.

I just want to concentrate on my rugby and enjoy it and live in the moment.

The mind is the most important part of achieving any fitness goal. Mental change always comes before physical change.

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.

When I'm starting a race, I just completely narrow down my vision and focus on what's directly ahead of me.