Elana Meyers Quotes

When you drive it is you, the car and your performance on track that counts. That is why I do it.

In football, you're hitting, so you might as well hit in practice.

These days baseball is different. You come to spring training, you get your legs ready, you arms loose, your agents ready, your lawyer lined up.

Whenever I have played a game of cricket, whether it is under-16, under-19, or State level, my approach has been the same.

Every time a football player goes to ply his trade, he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play.

A lot of times, the press guys ask why I take an hour and a half to come to the interview room, but if you don't do the massage and the ice baths and the stretching and the cooling down and the eating, and your opponent is doing that stuff, they already have an advantage.

Now that sports science is more advanced, we know that there are so many off-pitch factors that can affect how good you can become. If people are telling you to sleep a certain number of hours, eat specific foods, and drink a certain volume of fluids, then you have to be prepared to listen and learn.

As a child, I was lucky to have the support of my parents because starting a tennis career is a very expensive adventure.

I will say this: when you take any substance, especially in baseball, it's half mental and half physical. If you take this glass of water and you say, 'I'm going to be a better baseball player,' then you probably will be.

I don't drive by the seat of my pants and happen to win races. I work very hard to interpret the data and drive a certain way. My engineers have confidence in me, and more often than not, when I tell them what I need or what I am feeling with the car, it's right.

I think I've really stepped outside the box in the way I try to train, eat, hydrate, the cognitive brain games I play on a daily or weekly basis to try to build up some durability within my body, within my brain, to be able to go out there and play at a high level at age 38.

Club or national training is the same. We play as we train.

When I'm racing, I'm thinking about my own race. I'm not thinking about anybody.

Training-wise, you have to work on your weaknesses, preparing yourself properly for the game, on and off the field.

For a young player, the most important thing is to play.

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

I have one thing in mind: make the most out of football.

When it comes to football, I always prepare like I'm going to be the guy.

Always, always, always when you prepare for a game, you prepare to win the match.

It's about making sure we're there at the end of races and we get the best possible finish we can. What comes with that is being able to have realistic expectations and not trying to do something more than what the car is capable of, so it's a team effort for sure.

We are going to help the young talented athletes become world champions.

It was a good experience for me to be in the same camp as Minto when he was preparing for Shane Cameron, to see the weaknesses and strengths he brings.

Yes, I could win the Olympics. I hope to, and that's what I'm training for. But it's really going to come down to me racing on that day... Just being really calm and mature about what the reality is - that's my strategy.

I need to continue to be wise, be efficient and prepared for every game that I play leading up to the Olympics.

On game days, I'm pretty boring: I like to rest and watch TV with my legs up so I'm not on my feet too much before the match.