Marco Silva Quotes

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.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

Before important games, I don't change my preparation.

I learn how to put myself in situations at practice that cause me to zone in on what I'm trying to accomplish at meets. I try to make my practice surrounding as close to competition pressure to focus on what I need to do on the big stage.

You rewind. You think of your preparation. You think of everything you did throughout the week, your life, the practices, the intensity. Everything flashes, and you come right back to that point. And it's like, game on.

I cannot control what goes on in another lane and this is how I focus on the Games. There is no point in being nervous of other swimmers. It's just about focusing on yourself and what you need to do in order to perform at your best.

I try and have a relaxed attitude and stay quite switched off until about an hour before kick-off.

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

When I got to match point in the final I was afraid I'd be a little nervous, but I just said, You have to stay focused, just think about what you have to do.

The only thing I want to think about the moments before a race is competing. I don't want the little things to distract me.

As a player, you have to focus on the match and not too much on the surroundings.

For me, I'm more reserved and focused once I get to the game.

When you walk out of your apartment, you think about performing; you do not think about how your opponent looks. So I think the advice from me to everybody is just to go out there and have fun.

You need to be 100% focused all match long against Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

I just keep myself focused and try to prepare each week for our games.

When I get onto the pitch, I block out everything around it, and I really focus on the pitch.

Just like any other game we're taking on we've got to prepare, prepare hard, mentally, physically. We've been practicing hard.

You prepare yourself by concentrating on what you have to do out on the field.

A lot of my intensity in wrestling was due to my mental preparation before the matches. I got myself into a different world.

Before a race, I block out what's going on in the stadium. It's different for everyone. But for me, I've always been able to block it out. For a sprint race, it's important not to get distracted.

When there's an important tournament going on, I try and stay in a bubble. It's easy that way because then you don't have to worry about anything else.

Actually the adrenaline of the game will probably help me out a little bit to regain command and concentration about the things that I have to do.

You know, I'm confident before I go out and play a match that I know, you know, I've put in the work and like I feel confident that I am going to go out there and play well.

But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.

A lot of times when I ran, to be honest, I didn't know where I was in the race. So I always was looking up at the scoreboard to say, 'Just call my name to see where I am,' because I tried to have such tunnel vision not to distract myself.