Allen Johnson Quotes

The challenge is to stay cool enough to handle the pressure in the moment so that you can succeed in the future.

I don't talk that much when I do well and I try to talk even less when I'm not doing well. All that really matters is the next game and helping us win.

To be a champion, you have to learn to handle stress and pressure. But if you've prepared mentally and physically, you don't have to worry.

I do not abuse players. I talk to myself; I abuse myself. It's my way of letting off steam. I do it after every century; I do not do it always. I keep telling myself: 'Improve, improve from the previous match, the previous shot. You can do it.'

Anything that could ever prevent me from achieving a goal, I put in a box, tape it up, throw it over my shoulder. You aim for a goal and attain it. Then you look to the next one.

I can just put my head down and train hard.

The key to winning is poise under stress.

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.

Stay focused and stay determined. Don't look to anyone else to be your determination - have self-determination. It will take you very far.

If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration.

I always tell myself to bat the full day, and if there is a ball to be hit, just hit it.

Every day, we as athletes face several challenges during the training process, and it is imperative that we approach each situation carefully and with continued precision.

I've been in baseball my whole life, so I understand there's a lot in baseball that is out of your control, and you have to focus on the things you can control.

The mental focus it takes to compete against the best players in the world is not easy to maintain. Developing mental toughness is a learned trait, and if you can't develop it in your pursuit of success, you likely won't last in any competitive line of work for more than a cup of coffee.

I train hard every day, I don't know what the word 'impossible' means.

I'm a strong person, and when I am not in the team, I can motivate myself to keep focused and be prepared for when I get called on.

I would like to fight as hard as I possibly can in each and every game and win or lose, leave it at that, and move forward. I know in my heart that that is the mindset I need to be a successful and happy athlete.

I've just got to keep a balanced head and stay focused.

Gritty people train at the edge of their comfort zone. They zero in on one narrow aspect of their performance and set a stretch goal to improve it.

The biggest thing I tell the boys is control the heartbeat. It's hard to do, but we've gotta be able to control the heartbeat in big moments because it goes really quick. So just stay in that moment and focus on the moment, don't get ahead of yourselves, and just play the game that we've been playing all year.

The only thing that I can do - and the only thing that I've always done - is to ride my bike fast and get my head down and control the things I can control.

As a player, you just want to focus on controlling the controllables.

The amount of negativity I hear on a daily basis is unbelievable. But that's the kind of stuff you have to tune out, focus, stick with your vision and keep plugging every day.

It's just determination, working hard, and keeping my feet on the ground in training and keep on proving people wrong.

I feel I can channelise my aggression to the right thing and be a good bowler, a world class bowler.