Rashad Evans Quotes

Being patient has made me a more precise fighter.

I train for whatever happens. I'm prepared for wherever the fight goes.

You don't want to let the other team feed off your outward physical demeanor. But at the same time, you can't go out and play this game and not expect to just be angry and be competitive and be excited and have that fire in your belly.

There's always going to be people talking so you just have to focus everyday and be the best fighter you can be in the Octagon on the day of the fight.

There are so many variables that go into a fight, you shouldn't waste your time worrying about the other fighters.

I never prepare according to how I feel for a fight. I always prepare to be a better me.

My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.

I always train and prepare with highest concentration and focus on my next opponent. To me, it does not matter what his name is.

I've always had, when I needed it, an extreme amount of focus that I could put into something. That has served me well.

Every Olympic athlete prepares differently. For me, I am 100 percent into the sport. And if I decide to really make a crucial career decision to say, 'This is something I want to do,' I want to leave no stone unturned in my preparation.

The toughest thing in hitting shouldn't be deciding when to swing. It is, for me, deciding when not to swing. You should be swinging from the time you get into the batter's box until something says don't swing.

The two biggest things that translate from the pitching mound to hunting and fishing are patience and perseverance. When you're on the mound, you have to take the game one pitch at a time, regardless of the score, and that approach helps when I'm in the woods or on the water as well.

I had to get up run in the morning for 2 hours, go to the gym and also get good opponents as sparring partners because I'm a big believer in that how you train is how you will fight at least when it came to me that's how it worked.

It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment.

I'm easygoing. There's a place and time for everything. When that bell rings, I'm not nice and easy. I'm not meek and passive.

I have a talent for coming up with an analogy about martial arts training for everything. It's because training to improve your martial arts skills and training to step into a cage and fight another person teaches you a lot about... everything.

I try to have the same mindset in my practices as I would for my fights.

During the season, I'm always locked in one gear, ready to play basketball, always keeping my guard up.

I train really hard for each and every fight. I never take anyone lightly.

I train hard, but having a fight on the cards so often gives me targets and focus.

The key is not being overconfident. You should not think that because I'm a top-ranked player, I will win this game. You have to be focused.

In football, you only work for the things you can control. You cannot control the outside world: you can only control your preparation; you can only control your performances.

When I was competing, I would run daily 20 kilometers, and in addition to that, I'd put in many hours of fighting and sparring. That's why I was always able to keep the speed in the ring. I would train so hard that sometimes it was not only hard to stand up, but it would also be hard to lay down.

I'd turn up to the gym early and just be there, waiting outside, knocking on the door. It was something I thought I was decent at. I enjoyed fighting; it's how I've always been.