David Haye Quotes

Music can be useful during training to help get you psyched, and I still listen to music on easy climbs or in the gym. But during cutting-edge solos or really hard climbs, I unplug. There shouldn't be a need for extra motivation on big days, be it music or anything else. It should come from within.

A good 80 percent of the vault is still physical and another percentage of it, 20, 25 percent is mental. Mental is always the mental strength, the confidence building up to that contest or repetition, practice, practice, and practice.

I don't think my natural talent is much different to the other gymnasts. It is a matter of how I train and how I think about my training. I also give a lot of thought to my routines.

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

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

We must condition the players. They need to get into the right frame of mind in the hours leading up the game.

When you get 10-15 minutes, you can't be sad or angry with the coach. You just have to play your game and do your best. That is in my mind always.

I'm definitely a reps guy. I'm definitely a mental guy, so when I'm out there and I get the opportunity to practice, it means the world to me.

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

Me, personally, I thrive under pressure.

I train hard, but having a fight on the cards so often gives me targets and focus.

Gritty people train at the edge of their comfort zone. They zero in on one narrow aspect of their performance and set a stretch goal to improve it.

I gotta be able to beat good guys at any moment. I think that's what I'm taking.

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 can see when people's locked in and they are ready mentally, and when they are not.

Just pushing myself for more rounds at a higher pace in training. Your focus should be grounded in what you do, and that's fighting. I'm getting my cardio that way.

People only see two hours of a tennis match where you're fighting and running and sometimes getting upset. There's a lot more than those two hours. Going out there and playing is actually the easy part.

Every day before the game, I know what I want to do. The days I feel off, it's knowing what it is I want to do and getting it back.

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.

You don't want to let the other team feed off your outward physical demeanor. But at the same time, you can't go out and play this game and not expect to just be angry and be competitive and be excited and have that fire in your belly.

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 train and prepare for every contest the same so I can compete to the best of my abilities.

I love athletics and martial-arts and competition because it gets me right and puts me in the right place.

It's not always shine and good feelings in training. But when it comes down to it you need to have that happiness and motivation in training.

I'm trying to be the best lightweight fighter in the world. That's my main objective. I just have to keep my head up, keep training and enjoy this awesome ride that I'm on.