Viswanathan Anand Quotes

I loved being back out on the pitch. Although I have not been in full training, I felt pretty good.

Number two, we're going to play with a lot of effort. Our guys are going to be in such good shape that fatigue is not going to be a problem. We're going to play with full effort from snap to whistle on every play the entire game.

When you have two races in a row, it's really important to keep that mental energy stable.

If my body gets tired in the game, it's harder to keep the quality on the ball.

I think a tennis match is a marathon. You have to sit down and have food for the next three hours, if not more. And to ask a 15 or 20 or even 25 or 30-year-old to do that, this is not gonna happen.

Often I feel like I can run forever. If someone told me I had to run for 10 hours, I probably could.

Technically, I've learned that having good legs and wind is good for being on stage. You have to be in shape and have endurance.

We all survive more than we think we can.

I have the strength to endure it all.

Every night you have different match-ups, and you have 82 games, so physically you are going to get tired. You have to be ready mentally to bring your energy and bring the juice every night.

To be a striker you need to be in good shape.

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.

I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with good health, I've been blessed with stamina. Particularly for those great classical roles, you need an Olympian stamina. I, fortunately, have that.

I think fans of the sport have a good understanding now of how fit Formula One drivers need to be.

I find that fencing and training give me more stamina and help me deal with the craziness of being on the road so much.

Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

I guess once you've seen Uma Thurman beaten up endlessly in the 'Kill Bill' movies, you think, 'If Uma can take it, what's the matter with me?'

The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.

A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players' performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength.

The Finals are about a test of wills.

You can wish as hard as you like but all that really matters is the shape you're in on the day of the race. I've always felt these really big races aren't necessarily won by whoever is the fastest. They're won by the athlete who is the smartest and in the best shape on the day.

I have good stamina and good endurance.

Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure.

I take my job as a rock and roll sax player very seriously. To do it the way that I must do it, I must be in good condition. The better shape you're in, the harder you can rock.

My natural abilities weren't necessarily brute power and strength. They were more about the ability to endure and not give up.