Pre-Match Rituals Quotes

I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk to people working out there, I began to find what I was looking for.

It's interesting: I never got stressed before wrestling matches. I always felt completely confident that I had done everything I could do, all my mental preparations when I sat down and envisioned the match, so I never felt stressed.

When I walk into the arena, I get excited and emotional, when I see the fans rise and start cheering. But then I get into the ring and it's all business for me.

Footballers are very superstitious.

In the dressing room before kick off, Arsene won't say a lot.

Yes, I'm the same grumpy Gautam who smiles very less on the field. I go very quiet before going into the match. I guess it works for me, though my team-mates keep telling me it is just a game.

I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.

I'm a very good sleeper, especially during a tournament; I usually get eight hours a night, even before a big match.

People only see two hours of a tennis match where you're fighting and running and sometimes getting upset. There's a lot more than those two hours. Going out there and playing is actually the easy part.

I just thought at Wimbledon I was very nervous.

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.

As a fighter, that's not something that ever factors in, whether you go first or last or you walk out first or you walk out second. It's not something that ever factors in or you feel slighted about. I don't think that anybody would care. The job is the same.

Throughout my career, especially the second half of my career, I was always nerdy or anal when it came to how I prepared for my matches.