Libby Trickett Quotes

There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.

For every athlete, Olympics is the target, but mine is a little different. I am focusing on improving my timing; that's what I think about.

Of course, rivals do affect athletes mentally, but if you are competing with top-notch athletes, you will push each other, you will encourage each other.

Rio in four years; I've got more inspiration in the last two, three weeks. I'm sure I'm going to get more in the Paralympics in the next coming weeks, so by the end of this season, I'm going to take a month off, and then the next four years is going to be good.

My favourite event was the 200m, so as I won the 100m, I thought it was possible I'd win the 200m.

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

I'm supposed to relax and concentrate on the image of myself out there skating my race.

I want to wake up every day and feel that I'm training harder than my competitors, that I'm dieting harder, that I'm recovering better. That's what gives me confidence when I'm lining up on the blocks. I've never gone out to prove people wrong. I just want to be the best that I can possibly be.

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.

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.

But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.

There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in less than 300 days - and be the best in the world. I can't think of anything so motivating.

Some players need pressure to get the best out of themselves.

Before I was going into tournaments and just hoping I would win one match. But now I'll go into tournaments expecting to do well and if I bring my best game I know I can win them and beat all the big players.

Most athletes get intimidated once they see how many fans are out there, but it almost calms me down in a way because I think of it as a fun way to show off what I've been working on.

I don't put any extra pressure on myself for national team games.

I don't feel pressure going into games.

I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much.

To be a champion, you have to learn to handle stress and pressure. But if you've prepared mentally and physically, you don't have to worry.

Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.

I just want to give my best in London, I want to cross that line and see a personal best on the clock then I will see what position I am in.

An Olympic pursuit really takes a full three to four years of Olympic preparation.

During the decathlon, I always think only of the next event and my personal record.

When I get up in the morning, I look forward to the games and I'm just buzzing. At the end of the day, if you are nervous or scared before games, you are not going to perform. I just go out there and think, 'If I get a chance, I'm going to score' and that's it.

I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them.