Dan Fouts Quotes

Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualization. And I think that that helped me to get a feel of what it was gonna be like when I got there. I knew that I had done everything that I could to get ready for that meet, both physically and mentally

One of the main techniques I used was focusing on the goal and visualising myself competing in the race before the race started.

In my mind, I slowed down and I feel like I translated it over into my game.

Exercise and sports are greatly affected by what goes into the mind, and the mind is greatly affected by sports and exercise as well. This is true among exercisers at all levels, despite their different goals. A major element in mental training is visualization ... Visualizing a positive outcome can create a pattern of success, as long as you set realistic and specific goals.

Part of my preparation is I go and ask the kit man what colour we're wearing - if it's red top, white shorts, white socks or black socks. Then I lie in bed the night before the game and visualise myself scoring goals or doing well.

I do something that I don't think anyone else does. I warm up before a game. Baseball and basketball players warm up, so why shouldn't the announcer warm up?

Raymond Floyd. The man knows how to control situations. He was experienced. He didn't let me get overly excited; he kept me in check. It allowed me to free myself up, and I played really well with him.

We coaches have to learn how to deal with that: How do I get to each one best - with a talk, with video analysis? And what sort of tone? We need our own coaches for that. The sports psychologist coaches me too.

Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.

I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.

You're trying to put yourself in that moment and trying to prepare yourself, to have a 'memory before the game. I don't know if you'd call it visualising or dreaming, but I've always done it, my whole life.

Every once in a while I run the Olympic downhill in Japan in my head. I think of how the energy is going to flow and then I make it all work for myself.

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.

It takes time and effort and preparation to think. Statesmen are far too busy making speeches to think.

I visualize what I do before I do it. Visualizing makes me better.

I used a lot of sports psychologists when I was younger... sometimes it helped, sometimes it didn't.

When you're doing any event on an elite level, you're in tune with your body.

I will say this: when you take any substance, especially in baseball, it's half mental and half physical. If you take this glass of water and you say, 'I'm going to be a better baseball player,' then you probably will be.

As a player, you can be more spontaneous and instinctive, but now as a coach I have to find a psychological balance within the team.

Been dealing with pressure since I've been playing sports, so that's why I play the position. It's a pressure-packed position and I love it.

The way you think influences the way you feel, and the way you feel determines how you act.

In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.

I love athletics and martial-arts and competition because it gets me right and puts me in the right place.

In MMA, all of these coaches are doing their best.

The most important thing is that you find a way to bring your thoughts into the hearts of the players. The tactical details are important because they can make a big difference.