AB de Villiers Quotes

When I get in there, I'm not really worried about scoring. I'm just worried about playing as hard defense as I can play, making my opponent work, and then I know the offensive end will open up for me. I've been a scorer all my life, so that's what I try to pride myself on. It feels good.

I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much.

People keep asking me if I feel pressure. But I don't feel pressure. I realize there's a lot on my plate, a lot of expectations for me to come in and win and do certain things. But I'm just playing the way I always have.

I was worrying about how Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson or Josh Hazlewood would get me out and how I would counter it, but in doing that forgot how I was going to score runs and put pressure on them, which is what I'm good at. I have to be more focussed on myself.

Playing defense hard gets me going offensively.

The preparation, commitment and desire to win will be no less than the last time I drove a grand prix car in anger.

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.

A lot of my intensity in wrestling was due to my mental preparation before the matches. I got myself into a different world.

I feel less adrenaline in my body now, but more in my head. I tried to be at my best, and I succeeded.

Yes, with Le Mans, obviously, the approach needs to be different. You have a race only once a year, so in the whole focus, the whole energy, you know that you cannot change the world and have a race two weeks later.

I feel that every time I get the ball at the moment I am going to score.

Most people miss the great part mental outlook plays in this game.

The only pressure I feel is how I can contribute to help my team win the match. Of course, there is always the pressure to score, but then doesn't it eventually help your team win? Frankly, I don't let these things affect me.

When I'm playing my best, like I was at the U.S. Open, I feel on top of the match and able to do exactly what I want. There are other times when you're not in control, but that is tennis and you have momentum changes in every single match.

Mentally, my key is just focusing on the little things I need to do in a race, whether that's tempo, turn entry, start speed, things like that. I'm not thinking about that much before or during a race. I just trust in my ability and all the hard work I put in and let the race come to me.

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.

But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.

You try to stay within the rules for the sake of the game, but you can always turn up the intensity.

Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass.

Concentrate, play your game, and don't be afraid to win.

Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

As long as we continue to execute, everything will work out for everybody at GoPro.

The great thing about athletics is that it's like poker sometimes: you know what's in your hand, and it may be a load of rubbish, but you've got to keep up the front.

It's all about giving yourself a chance to win the opener, and then after that, you focus in on Week 2.