Robert Green Quotes

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

Once you graduate from the Under-19 level, no one really gives you technical advice. It is all about making mental adjustments.

I learned certain exercises to help me cope, to get myself in tip-top mental shape to deal with auditions and rejection.

When I prepare for a game the names are not really important to me.

The mental part of the game, being able to free up on the tennis court, is much easier said than done.

I think I was as mentally tough as I've ever been. I felt like I handled the situation both on and off the court extremely well. I felt like I needed to.

Trying your best not to get stressed out, the hardest part is not to get down, not to let the business get to you. I think the business is more mental than it is talent. I think you can have the talent, but if you don't have it up here, I think you can easily just break down.

I sort of set myself really high standards which is good and bad. If I know that I've done all I can to prepare, that's when I race the best and in '09 I was going through a lot of emotional ups and downs and I was never as fit as I would have liked to have been. So I never felt comfortable.

The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation.

It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with psychologists to try and see what was happening. They pushed me really hard.

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

Even though there are a lot of bright tennis players out there, you still have to protect yourself and save all your mental and emotional energies for tennis.

I found out that I couldn't have a nervous breakdown. I tried a couple of times, but it just didn't work out. My mind, my body wouldn't let me.

I was a very sensitive kid who then had to condition myself to desensitize.

Every athlete acquires routines as a way to help control nerves.

Personally, I think I am much calmer under incredibly stressful situations, and I've learned to deal with pressure and nerves, which is key to being a performer of any caliber.

Some days you really don't feel like racing and you have a great performance, some days you feel great and you have a mediocre performance.

I used a lot of sports psychologists when I was younger... sometimes it helped, sometimes it didn't.

People tend not to dwell on drama.

I went to boarding school, and what that teaches you is to cope emotionally at a young age and to suppress a lot of emotion. Being in the army is, in a way, similar.

I'm generally known as a happy person, but years ago, I suffered from panic and anxiety. I've learned to manage the fear and pain.

There will be mental worries with the long jump before Rio, but I know I can get through it. It's just getting my confidence back. I know I have a big jump in me.

Been dealing with pressure since I've been playing sports, so that's why I play the position. It's a pressure-packed position and I love it.

I am calm but on the outside, mostly. When I'm on a film set, the stress is so humongous that I'm dying inside - I'm extremely stressed, but I do try, and... well, I don't try. I think it's my natural reaction to not externalize things.

People might think it's all about getting up for a game but it's often the opposite.