Elvis Stojko Quotes

With every year of playing, you want to relax one more muscle. Why? Because the more tense you are, the less you can hear.

The more relaxed you can get, the better you'll do.

Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.

For me, it's important to relax and concentrate on what I want to do.

When you play angry, you can't focus.

Goalscoring depends on how relaxed you are in front of goal.

I'm trying to stay focused on what I'm doing. I don't want a whole lot of things going on - people to call back, or text messages or whatever. I chill out, relax a little bit, and then I don't have those issues.

The 'enemy' in golf is tension.

Any school would gain, if the students began the day with meditation, cleared their heads and got themselves centered.

I try to meditate every morning. It relaxes me, clears my mind, and sets my day off on the right foot before things get too manic.

I'm supposed to relax and concentrate on the image of myself out there skating my race.

If you cannot concentrate, you are not so happy.

The problem with meditating is I generally go to sleep, and that's because I'm doing it wrong.

When you're going bad, sometimes you need to relax more. I've always been intense. I didn't need to be more intense.

I always sleep really well, particularly before a race, when the adrenaline's pumping.

But I wasn't getting in my pace, staying within myself, I was getting a little rushed. So I think I finally took a couple deep breaths and let myself get my timing back.

Meditation is a great way to keep my body well-centered while juggling shooting schedules and recording sessions.

When I was much younger, I realized that when I was handling something very large, and I was on my own doing that, that my breathing rate would increase, and that would affect my ability to think as well as I normally would. So when that starts happening, I slow down.

Every morning, I do 10 minutes of mindfulness, where I do meditation, and I use that in competition and everyday life.

When I've been playing my best golf, I feel like everything's so slow.

I don't focus well angry.

I don't need to be too intense. I don't play my best golf when I'm super-intense.

I don't like it hectic; I like to keep it calm and do my thing - play the pass. I think you see the pass if you are in a good state of mind.

I feel like I play better when I'm calm. There is an inner peace I can tap into sometimes during my matches.

Keep your head on your shoulders.