Jose Altuve Quotes

You don't have to get ready if you stay ready, alright? I'm always in the gym, always training, all the time.

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 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 wish as hard as you like but all that really matters is the shape you're in on the day of the race. I've always felt these really big races aren't necessarily won by whoever is the fastest. They're won by the athlete who is the smartest and in the best shape on the day.

Athletes peak for the Olympic Games and can take months to get back up to that level.

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.

I have never been ready 100% even when I was racing in my gold times.

A typical week of training leading up to a major championship is like the sprinkling of parsley at the end of a dish. It's just the final little touches, that last little bit of strength or fitness, but mostly you are ready and are just maintaining and staying healthy.

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

I try to sleep as much as I can. I drink a lot of water. I practice consistently and just try to be ready for the gig.

My biggest thing I've learned is just putting time into getting ready. When we're young, you just go on the court and just hoop. But I think as you get older, it's more about, making sure everything is firing and making sure everything is ready to go and warmed up.

The time that I spent out of camp, I made sure when I sat out that I was in tip-top condition.

I want to elongate my cricketing career as a consistent player. I have personal goals I would like to achieve someday.

Shearer could be at 100 per cent fitness, but not peak fitness.

I would say that one of the really special gifts about playing an athlete is that it's the best motivation you'll ever have to get in top shape and stay in top shape because you know that you're going to be expected to deliver.

When I was in top shape I'd go to the ring and show my conditioning.

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 have a lot of endurance and I have a good background right now in my training and it's time to get ready.

Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up your ability, like sharpening a carving knife. You can get away with not doing it for a while, as long as you have reached a certain standard of fitness.

I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and as perhaps I might ever be. I went climbing three weeks before, because I was feeling fed up with running.

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.

I've completed the first part of my preparations without injury problems. My speed is good and I'm doing lots of volume for strength.

I understand what training camp is for. It's needed. It's necessary, so it's just one of those things that you have to put yourself through and it makes you better. It gets you in good shape, so it's necessary.

There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in less than 300 days - and be the best in the world. I can't think of anything so motivating.

Rio in four years; I've got more inspiration in the last two, three weeks. I'm sure I'm going to get more in the Paralympics in the next coming weeks, so by the end of this season, I'm going to take a month off, and then the next four years is going to be good.