Katarina Witt Quotes

If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit.

Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up.

It's tough to think before a tournament that you can win.

On the pitch, I need to stay focused, alert, and be ready to face my heart-racing moment with confidence.

Every time I'm practicing, playing or prepping, Majors are always going to be the ones everybody wants to win. But putting the urgency or too much pressure on yourself is not going to do any favors.

The only thing I want to think about the moments before a race is competing. I don't want the little things to distract me.

I always feel like the freshest boxer going into competitions.

When you start the match, you forget that you are No. 1, you have all the titles. You just have the battle ahead in front of you.

If a footballer goes on the pitch with the right mentality, he will perform well.

I don't feel pressure going into games.

I never read my press when I was competing. I never got caught up in what I was doing at that moment.

A lot of my intensity in wrestling was due to my mental preparation before the matches. I got myself into a different world.

I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing.

In competition, when I start performance I try not to think about all the pressure from the fans. But, I got a lot of energy from them always. They make me more perfect.

I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon as I see the targets, I tune them out.

You know, I'm confident before I go out and play a match that I know, you know, I've put in the work and like I feel confident that I am going to go out there and play well.

When I got to match point in the final I was afraid I'd be a little nervous, but I just said, You have to stay focused, just think about what you have to do.

I think that major championships are as much about attitude as they are anything else.

I've played in a lot of big matches and you learn from them.

If you go to a game nervous, you make a mistake.

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.

I'm not spending every second thinking about the World Cup, but it's always in my mind when I make choices and decisions.

I still take it seriously, but once I go out there I think I've got more relaxed and I think it shows.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

Some guys have trouble sleeping the night before an important round. I never have. Invariably, I sleep longer and better, and have more dreams, when I'm in contention and feeling pressure.