Mike Phelan Quotes

My first few years in the league, I was relying on my athleticism to get me by, because that's what got me to the NBA. The problem with that is, you end up getting really, really tired by February.

Sometimes you have a good game and mentally you are very tired.

Preparedness for a game that usually lasts four-five hours requires good physical condition and also steady nerves.

If you see in sports at a super high level, people get hurt or have injuries when there isn't that pleasure, the true pleasure of the sport, when they're tired or demoralized or they're not quite focused.

For decathletes, our event goes all throughout the day so you're trying to go up and down and up and down emotionally and physically and you know mentally you're just on a roller coaster.

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.

When you have two races in a row, it's really important to keep that mental energy stable.

I see a lot of guys and their stamina is at an all-time low in the fourth quarter, and I feel like mine is still where it was in the first quarter of the game.

Triathletes can push themselves quite hard, and I have seen people collapse on a barrier or pass out on a bike.

Obviously, teams start wearing down. But that's kind of when you thrive, when the other team starts to get tired.

Training is very tiring.

Honestly, it's hard to play with a lot of intensity night after night.

We've got very few bodies right now so we were tired, but we've also got a lot of character and we want to win.

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.

Tennis is a tough sport - a long year, a lot of matches, a lot of travelling. It's not easy so being mentally tough is a big attribute. It doesn't come easy, you have to work on it.

Great athletes last because they let the mental do all the work. What we do as hoofers is not so much a physical strain as everybody thinks. It's more of a mental stretch.

It is impossible to play 60 games all season and be in good form all the time.

When I stepped up a division I can remember suffering the worst fatigue I had ever felt. I noticed it massively.

You can only stay at a high level so long before you need to rest your body.

Training and playing are different things. I've noticed it. If you come in and you realise after six minutes that it is tiring, then that is a clear difference to training.

You do have to fight different when you might have to fight three times in one night. I really like fighting just one time a night, this lets you do more things.

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

I've beaten all contenders for 11 years. I'm not a robot; I'm fed up. My body's tired of it. I'm 36.

You need to be mentally and physically very strong to go and perform in Australia.

I take a great deal of pride in pitching deep into ballgames.