Adam Vinatieri Quotes

When you reach that competing point, when you reach that time when the gun is about to go off, everyone's level is pretty much the same. The one thing that's going to separate you from everybody else is how you deal with those pressures, how you stay relaxed.

The team that is the most focused and executes the best is the team that wins. That's usually the team that can handle the pressure of the situation.

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.

We try not to let pressure get into our heads and play the way we usually do.

Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.

Games are often won or lost on the free-throw line. This isn't about slick moves or great skills. It's about practice, muscle memory, and being able to keep a cool head under pressure.

You've got to take every single play at a time, every practice at a time. You can't look forward, because you start putting too much pressure on yourself, you start to feel it.

Some players like to practise right up to the start of play. But for me, whatever warming up I did was only going to be followed by cooling down again.

Come fight night, there will be nerves, but it's how you react to those nerves - doing what you need to regardless - that's how you win fights.

I clear my mind; I don't think about the pressure before a fight. I focus on going in the cage and being successful while doing my job.

I learn how to put myself in situations at practice that cause me to zone in on what I'm trying to accomplish at meets. I try to make my practice surrounding as close to competition pressure to focus on what I need to do on the big stage.

There are only two types of player-those who keep their nerves under control and win championships, and those who do not.

I've always believed that I performed better under pressure.

I can't be getting off my game. I need to be getting teams off their games.

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

Important in a big tournament is how you start. With a great match at the start, you can distance yourself from the unrest from outside. And it increases the respect among opponents.

I just think Cam Newton is a guy who doesn't get overwhelmed by the moment. He seems to thrive in the spotlight.

I perform better under pressure. If I go out there, and I'm not nervous, and I'm too relaxed, I don't like that vibe. I like big matches. I like pressure situations.

It's about being steady and taking the rough with the smooth, but that's life as a goalkeeper.

One of my key mental fitness tips is to make sure you are aware of your target and develop a strategy - a routine that you can depend on while in the race. This is a crucial part of mental fitness and preparation.

I used to show my emotions too much. I had to get rid of that because the opposition would notice and start to target me. If I did something wrong, I would take it out on myself, but it is important in football to concentrate for 90 minutes.

Learning how to compete is one of the most important things that an athlete can do. You can train as well as you possibly can and go compete and completely choke.

If you are humble, your concentration will be very high. That's the way to go in sports.

I know how to zone myself in and just play the game.

You play 162 games so let's say 100 of them come down to the end where you see the game is out of reach one way or the other. I feel like the other 62 are close games so you're going to be into those at-bats. If you do that, that's 100 at-bats. That's almost a month worth of at-bats where you're not as focused as you might be in those 62.