Adam Vinatieri Quotes

You've just got to read your read keys and rep it in practice and then just do your job on the field.

To win games, we need to be focused for 95 minutes. If not, you always pay in football.

I want to focus on football and just go on the pitch to do my thing.

We arrived at the 2002 World Cup with two titles, very calm, well organised, maybe missing a bit of concentration. But the only truth is on the pitch. The dangers are there.

Anytime I'm on the field, I need to make every kick that's in front of me.

For a striker, the goals never move. Whatever division you're playing in.

We ignore noise, and we really just to try hunker down on preparation, our practice, and going out and trying to play our best games on Sundays.

I keep my focus on the team and concentrate on the best possible match preparations.

I'm only 18 and playing on this big stage; sometimes you have to be really good in front of the goal. I feel like that's something that I really have to work on, and that's something that I'm going to work on in training.

I'm just going to do what I always do: train. And when it's time to fight, I go fight.

Everything is mental, but if you just remember to stay with your same technique, you will be fine. If you stay confident, make sure you are doing the same thing over and over; the free throws will fall.

At the highest level the first two yards are in your head.

Once you have selected a sport or a creative activity, the rules are pretty much the same.

I'm getting more and more comfortable out on the golf course with the changes I've been making. It's really just a confidence thing in that I love being in contention.

The more you hesitate in a game, the more your chance of getting hit. Your focus isn't there. When you hesitate, usually you're in trouble.

When there's an important tournament going on, I try and stay in a bubble. It's easy that way because then you don't have to worry about anything else.

You don't simply tell someone to get out there and win the tennis match. You say 'move your feet' or 'watch the fuzz on the ball' to really get into the Zen of it. You pull all that together, and then you just might hold up the Wimbledon Plate... It's not about winning first place but bringing every element of effort to whatever you do.

Sometimes I just get over-excited. I see the pitch and I think, 'I have to get this wicket.' When I am just looking to bowl, I am calm and composed, and most of the time I get it right. The ball lands where I want it to.

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused on what you're doing.

When the gun fires you must concentrate for every second on the way to that finish line. You should know exactly how long it will take you to and think about every step of the race you are about to run.

When I'm driving the race track, it's all about repetition.

I think of the important things: how to prepare, how to practice, how to prepare to practice.

Having three tough finishing holes in a major, you know, you know that, most likely, it's going to come down to those last three holes. Having a good game plan, a good strategy, and executing obviously is going to be the big key.

Once you are on court, it doesn't matter the way you look. It doesn't help you win points.