David Rudisha Quotes

A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time.

I love this sport. I love what I do. I love fighting and combat, and I love to train hard. But I want to be at my best.

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

I think every time I step on the court, I'm just preparing myself to be the best player I can be, be the best teammate I can be as well.

Good athletes will be there at good competitions, but I don't think about them; I just think of bettering my own time.

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'm looking to get in the best shape possible for London and not worrying about rivals.

These have always been my legs. I train harder than other guys, eat better, sleep better and wake up thinking about athletics. I think that's probably why I'm a bit of an exception.

Golf is so selfish - it's so much about how do we get better and get to the next level.

I learned that round four of a major is really not too much different than rounds one through three. I didn't keep to my game plan in the '08 U.S. Women's Open for the final round. That won't happen again!

I want to wake up every day and feel that I'm training harder than my competitors, that I'm dieting harder, that I'm recovering better. That's what gives me confidence when I'm lining up on the blocks. I've never gone out to prove people wrong. I just want to be the best that I can possibly be.

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'm really focusing now on how I can get to the next level as a batsman. How can I get even more competitive? How can I get even more consistent? How can I get better?

Being your best can only enhance your personal performance.

The only plan is trying to push myself the maximum to be the best player I can.

There is a need to be the best you can be. You can't panic; you concentrate. When I run up to the hurdles, I'm very nervous, but I'll tend to think about technical things to keep my mind focused.

I meet athletes from different backgrounds and see they share the same mentality and process as other athletes in other sports.

For me, I always want to be the best player I can be.

You just go out and try to always play at your best.

The challenge is how to be better than the day before, than the previous game.

That's usually the way I am - I don't care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.

I always say my biggest competitor is myself because, whenever I step out there on the mat, I'm competing against myself to prove that I can do this and that I am very well trained, prepared for it.

I have many aspects of my game I need to improve, and that's what I am focusing on. I prefer not to say what they are in public - for me, it's a secret, and I just want to work hard.

I just train hard and fight who is in front of me.

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.