Emerson Fittipaldi Quotes

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

I used to psych myself up before the show and now I do the complete opposite: I psych myself down. It's 12:30 at night, you don't want some guy yelling at you. You want some guy just talking to you.

I tend to do yoga before I go on stage, so that keeps me nice and calm.

I'm a very quiet person, and I always try to take the pressure off myself before games.

I practice a personal meditation and have a gala apple before each show.

I clear my mind; I don't think about the pressure before a fight. I focus on going in the cage and being successful while doing my job.

Our breath gets shallow and ineffective when we are in a stressed state. I advocate stopping whatever you're doing for a couple of minutes five times a day, closing your eyes and taking deep breaths.

I take a breath when I have to.

I have never had problems sleeping the night before a race.

People think I am the crazy person on stage, but I know how to relax.

You're trying to put yourself in that moment and trying to prepare yourself, to have a 'memory before the game. I don't know if you'd call it visualising or dreaming, but I've always done it, my whole life.

When stress sets in, and pressure, I focus.

I've really learned over the years how to control my adrenaline and let it all out when they shoot the gun versus letting the crowd and the lights and the camera get to me.

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

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.

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

Sometimes I try to take a nap before shows. That clears my head.

I really try to take a step back from the soccer world and going a thousand miles an hour every day. I like to do some sort of either meditation or mental visualization or breathing exercises - something to calm my mind down because a lot of times, it's just going faster than it should.

In the lead-up to competitions, I just watch box sets and DVDs and play 'Candy Crush.'

If I'm in a pressurised situation, I've learned to breathe, chill myself out and be calm.

I meditate and I have cut out red meat. For me it is just breathing techniques, learning to be still, to control your thought processes, it calms you down. It wasn't about dealing with the pressure of games - I've always been all right in matches.

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

I love listening to music in general before I compete. It's something that calms me down, and meditating and breathing before I get up there to calm all my nerves.

I don't like rushing, just like to sit down and rest before a match. Half the time I don't even look at the draw.

I don't get nervous before the match. I try to act the same and stay normal right before entrance. I don't want to do anything special, so I want to act normal before a match.