Tyson Gay Quotes

Having nerves and feeling the pressure just gets you focused and gets your concentration level where it needs to be. I harness that nervous energy into a positive way.

Sometimes on sets, I shut down, try to focus.

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.

There is a need to be the best you can be. You can't panic; you concentrate. When I run up to the hurdles, I'm very nervous, but I'll tend to think about technical things to keep my mind focused.

The biggest thing I tell the boys is control the heartbeat. It's hard to do, but we've gotta be able to control the heartbeat in big moments because it goes really quick. So just stay in that moment and focus on the moment, don't get ahead of yourselves, and just play the game that we've been playing all year.

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

It's what happens in other major championships - I just lose my head a little bit.

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.

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.

You had to decompress the pressure before the race. I taught my heart to relax. I lay down before the race. It gave me more energy just before the race.

I try to keep myself in what I'm doing and focused on character stuff, as opposed to getting wrapped up in worrying or being nervous. It won't benefit me, in any way, to focus on that.

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

When there's an important tournament going on, I try and stay in a bubble. It's easy that way because then you don't have to worry about anything else.

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.

Actually the adrenaline of the game will probably help me out a little bit to regain command and concentration about the things that I have to do.

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

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

If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration.

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.

I can't worry about techs. I've got to play my game.

I have a specific routine before every match. I like to grip my rackets, because I feel that someone else won't do it how I like them. But the biggest thing is that I don't like to stress about my match all morning. Twenty minutes before, I'll sit down and think about the game plan and warm up. And then I just play.

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

I just try to play with more focus on myself; I don't worry too much about the other things that maybe gave me too much pressure in the past.

Keep your head on your shoulders.