Wyatt Russell Quotes

I used to have tears in my eyes on the way to practice because I was so focused. For me, track and field was serious business. I didn't have any friends. I was very isolated and very focused.

I have to work hard and give my all in games and training sessions.

I have to devote my time and thoughts to training and playing.

I learned early that it's very important to approach every single kick you attempt, even those in practice, as if it were in a game.

I have been training since 8th grade, but it has to do with listening, more than practice.

My job is my sport so I have to make sure that I stay focussed on it. I train almost every day so it takes up a lot of my life and you don't want to bring any new distractions into your life.

Trust me, my runners aren't going to run one event while looking past it to the second event. When they get on the line for the 10K, that's a do-or-die situation for them.

Top athletes are like warriors.

Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it.

When I step on the field, it's on. I know it's time to go to work.

Discipline is the quality that carries over from gymnastics to acting.

Oh yeah, I mean every fighter has got be dedicated, learn how to sacrifice, know what the devotion is all about, make sure you're paying attention and studying your art.

My focus is basketball, and that's it.

When you actually get on the field, you've got to work. You've got to train. You've got to learn. You've got to put 100 per cent into it.

There is only one thing I want to do here, and that is play football to the best of my ability. If I let things start distracting me, I'm not going to be able to do that, which will jeopardise the team as well.

The main thing is how we play and how we work in training.

For me, practice and discipline are the magic words to become big in any sport, especially soccer.

I try to give everything I have, both in training and the games.

When I'm on the field, family-wise, family matters, whatever off-the-field issues, I'm not worried about.

When my entire focus is on training and just preparing... I just do 100-percent that and nothing else.

If you work hard at something, you can forget everything else.

I give all my life to football; I only think about football. This is what is on my mind all the time.

There was plays where I had to do certain things, but I wouldn't even know who caught the ball because I was so focused on getting my job done.

Practice don't win games.

The one way of getting better is by practising - both on and off the pitch.