Per Mertesacker Quotes

I've trained all my life not to be distracted by distractions.

You just got to be #patient, be focused, you know there are lots of distractions out there.

Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.

I've always had, when I needed it, an extreme amount of focus that I could put into something. That has served me well.

I was always taught that you needed to be intense and never lose your focus.

I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.

Things are never easy against whoever you play, which is why every game you have to be totally at it, on your mettle, and totally focused and concentrated.

I tend not to really think about what other people say. I'd rather just try and focus on what I'm doing, try and win basically.

Nothing can distract me.

One-on-one, you have to be able to put your head down and get stuck in.

I have confidence in my ability, and I try to isolate myself from everything going on around me.

I use discipline and focus as my greatest weapons.

Throughout my career, my mind rarely wandered, and I was never sidetracked by distractions, no matter what I was going through off the court.

I realize that just my personality is, that I've gotta stay focused. I can't be too distracted.

In running, I can internalize that intensity. I can handle it because it's me and I'm coming back in the next race. I'm always ready for the next race.

We must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game.

Tennis is like, it gives you a lot of chances, but if you don't take those chances, it takes a lot of chances away from you. It's just the scoring pattern. We cannot dwell over a loss or a win for very long. We have no time to celebrate; we have no time to dwell; we have to move on. Wake up the next day and try and win the match.

I am not stopped by low funds, physical exhaustion, mental exhaustion, or temptations to stop and work on some other production that would be more financially rewarding.

The greatest players use anger as fuel. Michael Jordan played every night with something like road rage.

I'm clenched down, I'm locked in on it, which is my general approach to life.

When it comes to my racing career I'm very driven and very selfish. People who are around me at races will know that I'm a different person here than in my personal life. I completely blank people at races. I need to be focused. I'm rude.

I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.

The key to winning is poise under stress.

I think what endurance sports teach you is to stay dedicated, stay focused, and also to understand you're going to have ups and downs, but you need to keep running right through them.

If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.