Quotes About Focus

In order to get to where I want to be, I have to do the right things off the field, first.

The right time to record is when you're not quite ahead of yourself.

Things can be fast paced in the ring but I was very particular in knowing to be in the right time at the right place.

I think when I start thinking about results, I stop playing the right way because I start getting too nervous.

I am very rigorous with myself.

I know from watching other players that they have great games by getting to the line and getting to the rim.

When I was younger, I was a guy who always wanted to get to the rim and attack the rim and just dunk the basketball.

My agent once said, 'You're not very driven.' And it's true. I'm not the type to ring up and go, 'Get me this part!'

I am a professional when I get in the ring.

The one place in the world where I can feel like I'm completely in control, at home, is in a ring.

Getting up early means I can write for a few hours before anyone starts phoning me or ringing the doorbell.

I think the best thing I can do for me is to show up places and be clear-headed. Because when I'm clear-headed, my phone rings. I get opportunities.

I loved being at the rink every day and training.

I am training 8-9 hours a day and will give my best shot for Rio.

I am my own main rival.

When I'm not training or playing, I'm watching football or watching something football-related on my phone, or about our next rival.

Well, the biggest rival I had in my career was me.

In any sport, you need a rival.

Letting emotion get into it isn't part of my game. Letting animosity or a rivalry come into it, that's all for the show.

We don't focus on our rivals: we focus on ourselves.

Once you go down a road, you take it through to the end.

When I first started at Bridgend, I'd see the amount of work Rob Howley put in on his own after the team had all gone home. He was doing ridiculous amounts. So I started training like him. Always on my own.

I'm such a robot when it comes to work.

My role is to play out the full overs.