Carly Patterson Quotes

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.

As long as I have that support from my team, and I have that confidence in myself that I train really hard, I think there's no one out there who can defeat me in my weight class.

If all goes well and my body reacts well, and I feel I have a good high level to compete amongst the best then I'll come back and play.

An Olympic pursuit really takes a full three to four years of Olympic preparation.

I'm not feeling much pressure for the Olympics because I think I already have done many things in my career. I will try to enjoy my second Olympics.

Some might say friendlies are unimportant, but we always try to win because we then maintain that positive mentality when the real competitions start.

It is never the case that I will push myself more for the World Championships and play differently in a Super Series or vice-versa.

Good athletes will be there at good competitions, but I don't think about them; I just think of bettering my own time.

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.

You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.

I'm slightly influenced by sport in that I like the idea of trying, like an athlete, to keep absolutely ready. That's an emotional thing, almost. I don't mean physically, although I play tennis. But you try to keep yourself ready.

There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in less than 300 days - and be the best in the world. I can't think of anything so motivating.

You can't give away points and games against someone like Murray. You're not going to make it to the top with that kind of effort.

We're focusing on producing top, great athletes for the Olympics.

That's what I want to do, to go out and perform back to the levels I know I'm capable of, the levels you can produce with consistent games and to win football matches.

Once I'm at the training ground, I'm focused, preparing for the next game.

In perfect conditions, with a championship mindset and ready to peak, anything is possible.

You can't win any games in the Spanish league by giving only seventy or eighty per cent. You always have to step on the gas.

I've been in opening matches of pay-per-views. I've been in main events of pay-per-views, and the same mentality is applied to both, and that is, 'To this point, this is the biggest match of my life, and I'm gonna go out there and give it everything I have.'

When I set my eyes on the gold at the world championships, I was able to maintain that focus that whole day. That's what I aim to do in Rio - my focus is gold, so I can keep in that good state; I can't get too complacent. I can't relax; I can't be content. I need to be 100 per cent switched on.

For me, every tournament is important, and I feel that if I don't go into them with 100 per cent focus, I will not be ready for the Grand Slams.

I only had an A game... no matter where I was.

It is important to start winning international tournaments early and get that mentality into you. Then, hopefully, you can take it on to the world stage.

If you can get your team to that point of being able to be in that playoff race mindset every week, that's something that most teams can't do.

In my perfect day, I wake up next to the woman of my dreams, and she's crying tears of joy because she's so excited about the life we have together. I'm preparing to compete in the 2016 Olympics with U.S.A. Team Handball, so I head to an intense training session with my coach to increase my physical strength and athleticism.