Alexander Gustafsson Quotes

It's something I have to remind myself about, that at every competition, I put a lot of pressure on myself, almost like it's the end of the world, and I have to keep reminding myself it's not.

Making the Australian team is the hardest part, and going to the Olympics is the easy part. You're there representing your country - you're representing every single person in it, strangers you don't know - and there's a lot of positive energy, but you have to know to channel it the right way.

Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.

I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.

I think the biggest thing was that I was putting pressure on myself leading up to Beijing. Now I am learning how to take that pressure off and seeing this as an incredible opportunity, but not like, 'I absolutely have to medal.'

I have a very high expectation for everything I do. And when I go out and compete, I expect myself to make every play.

I know what it takes to make myself perform.

One thing I was taught growing up is it's only pressure when you're not prepared. And you're just not working hard. Those are two things I do all the time.

I'm used to working hard and making sacrifices.

You grow up always thinking you'd be in pressure situations all the time, and that's why I put pressure on myself in practice, so when those situations come in the game I feel I can be successful.

Every little thing you do is going to add up and be the difference and contribute to your success. If you believe in that, it's going to make you want to get 1 percent better every day. Do that extra one rep in the weight room. Do that extra mental rep at practice. Stay a little longer because it's going to add up and be the difference.

I just have to continue to attack practice and get better.

What we reliably find is that people's perseverance scores are actually higher than their passion scores, and I think it really does get to the fact that working hard is hard, but maybe finding your passion is even more difficult.

All I can really control is how I prepare and get ready for whatever team picks me.

I am working hard to keep making progress, to always improve.

Sometimes a player thinks it's enough what they did the year before and doesn't understand that every day they should improve.

Without pressure, I'm not going to wake up every day to go work, or do extra shooting, or lifting.

I train hard every day, I don't know what the word 'impossible' means.

For my future growth, I'm going to keep working. I'm going to put everything I have in it, and I think everybody knows that that's just the type of person I am.

Every step of my career was hard work.

The challenges are going to be there, but how I prepare is what matters. It is very important to work on all the things required.

In life, passion is the secret to success.

I have always thought to do my best work.

If you really want something, you just have to promise yourself that you won't stop until it happens.

At training camp, you brainwash yourself into thinking every, day is the same, no weekends or holidays. It's all the same - a work day. You develop a mental state to just work hard and get ready for the fight.