P. V. Sindhu Quotes

For me, every tournament is important, and I feel that if I don't go into them with 100 per cent focus, I will not be ready for the Grand Slams.

I'm not feeling much pressure for the Olympics because I think I already have done many things in my career. I will try to enjoy my second Olympics.

I think if I just do what I do every day, on the extraordinary Olympic stage, I could be a podium contender.

You have to come in to major championships, and your attitude has to be on point.

You can never take your foot off the gas pedal. You have to play the right way at both ends.

Yes, I could win the Olympics. I hope to, and that's what I'm training for. But it's really going to come down to me racing on that day... Just being really calm and mature about what the reality is - that's my strategy.

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

As for myself, in sport you have to question yourself every week and be ready in your head, and you have to be at 100% of determination if you want to keep going and win games; you cannot afford to be at 80% or 90%.

You have to play your 'A' game in every single match and that's a good thing.

You have to be completely there in every game, and as soon as you drop your level even one per cent, you concede goals.

As long as I have that support from my team, and I have that confidence in myself that I train really hard, I think there's no one out there who can defeat me in my weight class.

I never think about records. I focus on my race and try to get onto the podium consistently. It's hard enough to do that.

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.

Well, it's still another two-day competition, so it's really important to show that you're ready. Every meet is really important right now. You've got to keep showing you can hit.

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.

Every Olympic athlete prepares differently. For me, I am 100 percent into the sport. And if I decide to really make a crucial career decision to say, 'This is something I want to do,' I want to leave no stone unturned in my preparation.

You try to say every week that you're facing a faceless opponent. No matter who it is, you want to have the same mindset, no matter what type of game it is - first game of the season, last game of the season.

You can't give away points and games against someone like Murray. You're not going to make it to the top with that kind of effort.

I know if I want to have a chance to beat the top players, I need to be mentally ready for that.

You go to a contest, and it's like, 'OK, I'm here for two weeks. All my energy, time, thinking, and everything is going toward that.' Everything you're doing is building toward the score at the end.

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

I only had an A game... no matter where I was.

I can't be getting off my game. I need to be getting teams off their games.

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

I like to relax; of course I do! But when I am inside the pitch, that is it. You have to go on full on from the first minute.