Gerrit Cole Quotes

I still take it seriously, but once I go out there I think I've got more relaxed and I think it shows.

You have to feel comfortable - then you can perform better.

Being relaxed allowed me to fight the way I'm capable of fighting.

I don't really think about the degree of difficulty or the possibility of making a mistake. I just try to relax and let my preparation and training take over.

A lot of times when I'm confident and relaxed on the court, I'm going to be a pretty tough out. But when I'm not so confident and not so relaxed, I tense up and my balls fall short and everything. It just sort of unravels.

The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become.

I'm the type of skater that needs to stay upbeat and relaxed, open, because if I stay quiet, I get in my head, and then I start to think too much and start to doubt.

If I'm in the middle of a take and I start to think about what I'm doing, I just mess up and I have to stop and so I find that for me, you really need to trust your instinct.

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

The more comfortable you are, and the more you can relax, the more truthful your performance is.

I used to be tense or nervous before heats. But I've learned to get rid of the negative stuff and just stay relaxed and positive - and it seems to be working for me.

That's what a lot of people say, especially in college, it looked like I'm lackadaisical out there, like I'm not really paying attention. If I'm always tense, I'm going to be overthinking the game. I try to just go with the flow.

Sometimes you just got to settle back and relax and be like, 'All right, Saquon, chill. You know what you're doing. Just do the little stuff.' The little stuff will get you there.

I am comfortable in myself and my surroundings, so that makes me play stress-free and enjoy being on the ball.

When you're tense and you're forcing the issue, you kind of cloud your vision, so I think just being confident and super relaxed, waiting for my timing, has really helped me.

For me, I've just got to go out there, not overthink things, just play within myself and just allow the game to come me.

When you're relaxed, you are more decisive.

I think you can train yourself to block out some of that pressure and replace it with confidence. It's about preparation, and the more prepared I am, the less pressure I feel and the more confident I am. As your confidence grows, it's only natural that the pressure you feel diminishes.

Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you're going to perform, you've already lost. Train hard, turn up, run your best and the rest will take care of itself.

The more prepared I am, the more I'll be in control, less nervous, less stressed and more focused.

You know more than you think you do.

To play well you must feel tranquil and at peace. I have never been troubled by nerves in golf because I felt I had nothing to lose and everything to gain.

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

I think comedy I've learned is really just about relaxing and trusting yourself and allowing yourself to fail.

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