Marc-Andre ter Stegen Quotes

It’s very difficult to stay alert indefinitely.

A lot of times, fighters get not only physically tired but mentally exhausted. It's like a chess match - you're thinking of offense and defense at the same time. It's almost exhausting to think about it. After a while, you just go, 'I'll move my pawn.' A lot of times in fights, people get exhausted, and they're just sick of trying to focus on it.

With 'Strictly,' I am mentally and physically knackered: everything aches. I knew it would be hard, but I never thought it would be this tough.

I felt, when I was 20, I wasn't quite ready for the physical contact of 82 games. Mentally, it was tough. I forgot what city we were in most of the time. I can't even imagine going through it at 18 or 19.

Your brain is cooked when you write hard for three or four hours.

I know my energy level is unlike others. I know that my capacity to really think fast is unlike others, but I also know the price that comes with it.

You can't relax, even for a millisecond in this sport.

A man can wear out a particular part of his mind by continually using and tiring it, just in the same way he can wear out the elbows of his coat.

It just goes to show that what one person considers a "bad attitude" might actually just be total frustration over being pushed beyond the brink of one's mental and physical endurance.

Even when I'm winning, hands-down the best, it's a struggle. I'm thinking, 'Oh, God! Just get me through this.' It's like surgery.

To say I am not mentally tired in ways and exhausted in ways would be a lie.

Being tired isn't anything. What's important is the mind. The body being tired isn't important. You can get over the body being tired by resting for a half-hour or an hour. What's important is whether the mind is tired.

Just emotionally, as amazing as it is to win the World Cup, it's emotionally draining in many ways.

It seems like I'm thinking 400 hours a day; that's kind of how it feels.

There are days where I'm at the facility almost all day long. It's definitely demanding mentally and physically.

The 'Demon King' takes out a lot out of Finn Balor the man emotionally and mentally.

The 200 is tragic! It's my favorite race, but it takes so much out of the body - and it's too much time to think.

The way I dig in to push myself through mountain climbs is totally psychological. I'm not designed to do that stuff. It's mind over matter.

You want to be comfortable, but it's also good to stay on your toes, especially in the midst of a long season.

Everybody gets a bit tired now and then but that's what being a world champion is all about. You just deal with it.

Thinking very hard about the same problem for several hours can produce a severe fatigue, close to a breakdown. I never really experienced a breakdown, but have felt "strange inside" two or three times during my life.

My wits begin to turn.

Dwelling upon the self too much produces terrible fatigue. A man in that position is deaf and blind to everything else. The fatigue itself makes him cease to see the marvels all around.

Like tired dogs they stand there, because they use up all their strength in remaining upright in one's memory.

I can remember times coming home from a chess club at four in the morning when I was half asleep and half dead and forcing myself to pray an hour and study an hour. You know, I was half out of my mind-stoned almost.