Ryan Lochte Quotes

I think for me I've always loved being in the water and I love training and I love being at the pool so you know it's not a chore for me to go training, but come race day I would never just train to train - I train to race.

In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.

Actually the adrenaline of the game will probably help me out a little bit to regain command and concentration about the things that I have to do.

In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.

I can do anything for 25 minutes.

Don't think about the 50 reps ahead of you, just the next 5.

I'm always staying motivated because, as training camp goes on, practices become more intense, harder, and shorter. It's a mental thing, too, not only physical - you have to stay mentally sharp and stay focused on the task in front of you.

It's not easy to play 162 games and be focused the whole time. It takes a lot out of you.

Training camp for me is a day-by-day thing. It's a grind. If you lose focus on what you're trying to work on, you won't be there mentally, and it'll be tough physically.

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.

I've learned that if I can convince myself to just keep putting one foot in front of the other, then I can run as far as I want to.

I try to push myself a little every day. For me, it's doing 10 more seconds of whatever I'm working on. So if I'm on the treadmill sprinting my butt off or doing a grueling core workout, I think to myself, 'You can do 10 more seconds, and you'll be that much mentally stronger.' After a while, those 10 seconds add up!

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.

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.

Once you start going out putting expectation levels on yourself, you lose the concept of trying to win the game.

Always be focused and never let it go - that's something I've learned so much. I learned that from Simeone.

If you train with fast athletes, it keeps you pushing. I know that good preparation is more important than everything else.

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.

Some weeks, I'll go super-hard at practice for two straight days, but then the third day, something happens away from basketball, and I'll lose focus. I'll say, 'I just want to get through practice. I don't want to conquer it today.' But then I'll go home and realize I missed a chance to get better, and it'll bother me.

I hope I can make the decision to give up before my legs give up on me. I do not want to be embarrassing on the field and feel one day that I'm not at my best and players can beat me easily in duels.

For eight years, all I cared about was track.

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.

I want to get faster every year, keep my confidence high, so I can continue dominating my main events and extend my range to other freestyle and medley races.

I want to play as long as possible at the highest level.