Roz Savage Quotes

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.

I'd try to channel my nervous energy in a positive way into strength and endurance. It didn't always work.

As a player, you just want to focus on controlling the controllables.

The bottom line is that players have to be responsible for getting themselves in the right frame of mind.

I know what I am, and what I have to do in my profession, so I can handle the pressure. It's the way I think.

To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment.

My strength was that I am more balanced and calmer than most other riders.

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

So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure.

Even though there are a lot of bright tennis players out there, you still have to protect yourself and save all your mental and emotional energies for tennis.

Before a race, I block out what's going on in the stadium. It's different for everyone. But for me, I've always been able to block it out. For a sprint race, it's important not to get distracted.

When you reach that elite level, 90 percent is mental and 10 percent is physical. You are competing against yourself. Not against the other athlete.

Characters in TV and theatre tend to experience a lot of conflict, so I push myself through sport to physical and emotional levels that hurt so I've some other reference for extreme experience that isn't me shouting at my girlfriend or my mum. It's a way of controlling the uncontrollable.

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.

On the field, aggression can sometimes be a positive emotion. It boosts performance and can lift your game. But over the years, I have learnt that restrained aggression is a better animal. That way, you will conserve your energy and won't spend yourself quickly.

The three traits speculators must learn to manage within themselves are confidence, fear, and aggressiveness.

Anything negative that comes at me throughout the week, you just take it and put it in that box over there for motivation and use it on Sunday.

Pressure comes from myself, because I expect a lot, but I am trying not to put so much pressure on tournaments and to be less emotional during matches.

Over the course of the game, you can't let negativity get in your head. Any time a guy playing negative upon emotion, it's not going to be a great day.

When you get 10-15 minutes, you can't be sad or angry with the coach. You just have to play your game and do your best. That is in my mind always.

Being a runner has brought me a lot of patience, and patience goes a long way in life.

I'm good at keeping on top of my emotions and not letting them influence the fight.

At times, you are mentally but not physically prepared; at times, you are physically but not mentally prepared. I would be lying if I said it doesn't affect your performance. But the sooner you get over it, the better. So you discipline yourself. That is why fitness counts.

I try to tell young guys - like, if I see a young guy pressing, I try to tell him to relax and play your game.

Every day before the game, I know what I want to do. The days I feel off, it's knowing what it is I want to do and getting it back.