Shani Davis Quotes

I trained well this week but I think it will take some time until I recover my best rhythm in this specialty.

I enjoy racing so much. Ever since I was 8 or 9, I trained every stroke, because it was the only way I could race a lot.

I work hard in training to be ready.

For the off-ice training, I do basic strength training, and for the on-ice training, I practice jumps, spins, steps, and my new long program with my new coach Peter Oppegard.

I have a lot of endurance and I have a good background right now in my training and it's time to get ready.

I've completed the first part of my preparations without injury problems. My speed is good and I'm doing lots of volume for strength.

When you play, of course you want to win, but the most important thing about pre-season is improving your fitness.

I don't believe in ring rust. I used to believe in ring rust, but I talked to my buddy Dominic Cruz, who's a bantamweight, and he basically said it's a mindset. What you do in between in your time off determines how you're going to look when you come in there.

You do your best with the realization that nothing gets you in ring-shape better than being in the ring.

In the modern game, players need to train harder than they did in my day.

Boxers box to get ready to fight; wrestlers wrestle. We have so much we have to do to get ready, but fighting is one of them.

I take about 12 weeks to get ready for a show. But I train all year round.

I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much.

I think for me I've always loved being in the water and I love training and I love being at the pool so you know it's not a chore for me to go training, but come race day I would never just train to train - I train to race.

When I started studying for the arias it was like going into training for a heavyweight title fight.

Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice.

A dancer's life is all about repetition.

If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.

When I'm starting a race, I just completely narrow down my vision and focus on what's directly ahead of me.

I felt good in all my fights. It's all in the preparation. I prepare myself for all of them. And I felt good in all my fights.

Winning is the science of being totally prepared.

I trained myself to perform on the field.

Dancing is just like racing. You don't learn choreography. They just give you steps to do, and you do them over and over and over. It's very much like what I do in racing.

Mentally, my key is just focusing on the little things I need to do in a race, whether that's tempo, turn entry, start speed, things like that. I'm not thinking about that much before or during a race. I just trust in my ability and all the hard work I put in and let the race come to me.

I don't think my natural talent is much different to the other gymnasts. It is a matter of how I train and how I think about my training. I also give a lot of thought to my routines.