Victoria Pendleton Quotes

The Olympics were the most pressure I've ever felt.

If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit.

Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up.

At a track, it's different, there's pressure, things like this, so to be yourself is a bit different.

Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.

If you go to a game nervous, you make a mistake.

Golf is played between the ears and if you are not 100 percent focused on what you are trying to do, then people will go past you no matter who you are.

Once you start going out putting expectation levels on yourself, you lose the concept of trying to win the game.

Sometimes thinking about the Olympics makes me a little nervous.

When an archer is shooting for nothing, he has all his skill. If he shoots for a brass buckle, he is already nervous. If he shoots for a prize of gold, he goes blind or sees two targets - He is out of his mind! His skill has not changed. But the prize divides him. He cares. He thinks more of winning than of shooting- And the need to win drains him of power.

I would tell players to relax and never think about what's at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you've lost your focus.

Do you agree that when there's tension and an obsession to want to hit the ball is when you hit it worst? You have to be loose.

I never read my press when I was competing. I never got caught up in what I was doing at that moment.

No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best.

I felt tight from the beginning of the match to the end. I couldn't relax.

I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.

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

As soon as he thinks about the record, he's finished. The secret is to put it out of your mind.

Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.

When you do RAW or Wrestlemania or a PPV where there's 10,000 people or more, you don't necessarily look at the people. The only time there's a realization that there's that many people is when you walk to the ring. Once you get in the ring, your focus is only on the ring, and maybe the front few rows.

I think I'd have done better if I had been a little more relaxed-if I had not pressed quite so hard, if I'd not lost quite so much sleep.

When I'm out there, you just have to react. That's why you work on those throws. When you're in the moment, you can't think to yourself, 'How do I get this to go 47 yards and be 2 yards inside the sideline?'

When I was playing football, I always felt in complete control. When I play golf and come under pressure, it's a completely different ball game.

Sometimes I just get over-excited. I see the pitch and I think, 'I have to get this wicket.' When I am just looking to bowl, I am calm and composed, and most of the time I get it right. The ball lands where I want it to.

I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon as I see the targets, I tune them out.