Joey Chestnut Quotes

Nobody can walk on a track and beat me unless they have an extraordinary day and I have a bad day, which I keep from happening.

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.

I think if I get the training spot on, the equipment perfect and I'm in the right state of mind, I can get a result there from no competitive action.

I think if I just do what I do every day, on the extraordinary Olympic stage, I could be a podium contender.

When I've trained as hard as I possibly can through training camp and I come to the end, where my body is worn out and I'm tired, I know I'm ready to peak.

My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

You've got to get your mind connected to the workout. Pay attention to what your body's doing. It's about connecting mind and the body. Visualize the muscles moving.

Many track and field people know that if I stay relaxed and run my race like I'm supposed to, I will be the winner at the Olympic Games.

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

I gotta be able to beat good guys at any moment. I think that's what I'm taking.

As fresh as I can be in the games, the better.

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.

I need to continue to be wise, be efficient and prepared for every game that I play leading up to the Olympics.

I've definitely got better over the years at conserving my energy in pre-season - at knowing what to focus on and what to let go.

If I am at 100 percent fitness, I do not fear any competition for places in the first 11.

Back in 2014, I felt like I was ready to win a world title. I felt like I was prepared and I was as good as anyone else, but I knew I didn't have the equipment.

If you want to break through, your mind should be able to control your body. Your mind should be a part of your fitness.

My biggest thing I've learned is just putting time into getting ready. When we're young, you just go on the court and just hoop. But I think as you get older, it's more about, making sure everything is firing and making sure everything is ready to go and warmed up.

From a mental standpoint, you can't play this game unless you mentally are clocked in and that's, 'I'm willing to do everything to my body, my mind to put myself so that I can win.'

You don't wanna peak too early in training camp, but you don't wanna be out of shape or not to the point where you're able to peak. It's a science to be able to find the happy medium where your body and mind are at their best.

The only way I can meet expectations of myself and what I think I am capable of is to make sure my game is in order and I am doing things that allow me to perform at my best, to make sure my training is good, to make sure I am focused on watching the ball and not worried about the external expectations.

That's what I'm focused on, having that perfect race.

Once I go into these fights, and we have to go through the ringer to prepare for them, and we know I'm not 100 percent going in, winning is the most important thing, and dominating is the most important thing, and that's what we've been doing.

A life of a sportsperson is approximately 14-15 years long and fatigue will be a part of it, but they have to manage that.

Some players like to practise right up to the start of play. But for me, whatever warming up I did was only going to be followed by cooling down again.