Shinji Kagawa Quotes

I always work on my mind and my game.

I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon as I see the targets, I tune them out.

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.

All I'm focused on is playing my game. Everything else will take care of itself.

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

Just have to worry about making sure I'm playing my game and doing all that.

I'm not dreaming of any podiums or any medals that I can put around my neck. I'm just focusing on what I need to do today in order to be better tomorrow.

I wake up in the morning thinking about victory, I go to sleep thinking about victory, so sometimes it might be hard. But I need to control myself more and, how can I say it politely? Just shut up instead of speaking on the radio.

Even though I was sitting on the bench at Arsenal, I made myself prepare like I was going to play, thinking about the game properly. I had to be ready.

The most important thing is to stay down to earth and keep concentrating on the next game.

We've got to be right mentally - to stay focused and not get carried away if results go our way.

I just keep myself focused and try to prepare each week for our games.

I never prepare according to how I feel for a fight. I always prepare to be a better me.

From the neck up is where you win or lose the battle. It's the art of war. You have to lock yourself in and strategise your mindset. That's why boxers go to training camps: to shut down the noise and really zone in.

I think mental preparation is really important. Every day, you've got to imagine your goal.

And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble.

My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important.

I cannot control what goes on in another lane and this is how I focus on the Games. There is no point in being nervous of other swimmers. It's just about focusing on yourself and what you need to do in order to perform at your best.

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.

You have to have the right mind-set.

When I'm starting a race, I just completely narrow down my vision and focus on what's directly ahead of me.

Habits like blogging often and regularly, writing down the way you think, being clear about what you think are effective tactics, ignoring the burbling crowd and not eating bacon. All of these are useful habits.

The patience that goes with the game, the little things that go along with the game, you have so much more time to think in golf than you do in football - you have to keep your thoughts positive. I'm not sure I've got that mastered.

I think the most important thing I work on is just my mental approach to every day, my mental approach to the game. How to come in each and every day focused, doing what I want to do, I think that's just the biggest issue.

I like to talk to myself ahead of time so when temptation comes, I've already made up my mind that I have the victory.