K. L. Rahul Quotes

I think more of my tennis is more to do with the mental side of things rather than technique or, you know, tactics or anything like that.

I think there's going to be pressure on all the British athletes. It's a home Olympics at the end of the day. I like adrenaline, that's something I feed off. I'm just going to go out there and do my best.

I learned there's a big difference between juniors and the pros.

When I go to the press conference before the game, in my mind the game has already started.

I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing.

I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one.

The human race consists of the dangerously insane and such as are not.

When you don't play those big matches for a few years, it's tough to play back-to-back after that.

I'm probably more insane than most people and less than a lot of others. I'm somewhere in the middle.

When I'm practising on my own, my game feels great, but there's a big difference between practising on your own and playing against people.

The goalkeeper always starts again at nil, even when you're 2-0 down. It always starts again at scratch. It's a completely mental thing, and I keep reminding myself of it during matches.

Yes, I could win the Olympics. I hope to, and that's what I'm training for. But it's really going to come down to me racing on that day... Just being really calm and mature about what the reality is - that's my strategy.

You go through mental preparation the night before the game and prepare for moments of trauma in a game when it happens.

Learning how to compete is one of the most important things that an athlete can do. You can train as well as you possibly can and go compete and completely choke.

You need to be 100% focused all match long against Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

There are times when new players replace injured players in the national squad. Since the new players don't have enough experience and match practice at the international level, they seldom play under a lot of pressure.

Many people ask, 'What do you need mentally to succeed in F1?' I say, 'What do you mean mentally?'

Mentality is a big part of every game, when you take the initiative and when you drop.

When you are in the goal, you have to concentrate totally on the game, but in a shoot-out when the striker is walking towards the penalty spot, you remember what you have been through and see it as a chance to make the difference.

I think in football, most of it is just mental.

I'm never afraid during a game, and I have no negative thoughts. I think about what I have to do. Which players can be substituted? And where I can manage to squeeze in a slight advantage? I remain very calm, which is why I never engage in any sideline antics.

Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you're going to perform, you've already lost. Train hard, turn up, run your best and the rest will take care of itself.

Michael Jordan on his worst day is ten times better than Kobe Bryant on his best day.

To begin with, poor people´s memory is less nourished than that of a rich; it has fewer landmarks in space because they seldom leave the place where they live, and fewer reference points in time throughtout lives that are grey and featureless.

When asked, -How is that you pick better moves than your opponents?, I responded: I'm very glad you asked me that, because, as it happens, there is a very simple answer. I think up my own moves, and I make my opponent think up his