Quotes About Preparation

I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.

It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

The humility to prepare and the self-confidence to bring it off.

To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice.

If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.

The most interesting thing about this sport, at least to me, it the activity of preparation-any aspect of preparation for the games. The thrill isn't in the winning, it's in the doing.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

The more I practice, the luckier I get.

Golfers are the greatest worriers in the world of sport.

Losing doesn't eat at me the way it used to. I just get ready for the next play, the next game, the next season.

The only thing that helps you win the game is preparation and getting your mind ready to go to battle. That's what you've got to do.

It is how you show up at the showdown that counts.

Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure.

I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up

You don't win on emotion. You win on execution.

Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience.

We must be silent before we can listen. We must listen before we can learn. We must learn before we can prepare. We must prepare before we can serve. We must serve before we can lead.

If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear.

Never have a club in your bag that you're afraid to hit.

When you're prepared, you're more confident. When you have a strategy, you're more comfortable.