Ana Ivanovic Quotes

My biggest thing I've learned is just putting time into getting ready. When we're young, you just go on the court and just hoop. But I think as you get older, it's more about, making sure everything is firing and making sure everything is ready to go and warmed up.

People expect you to play your best, so I go through a routine to prepare myself so that I know I'm physically and mentally ready - prepared for the game.

Play a little light catch and only some short sprints for me. Then on the day-of, it's just getting loosened up and ready to go out there and pitch.

I am basically turning football players into sprinters for a while. When we first talked about it, I didn't know how my expertise could be used.

I think if I get the training spot on, the equipment perfect and I'm in the right state of mind, I can get a result there from no competitive action.

An opera singer is like an athlete before a match. An athlete cannot overdo anything. In order to perform at the highest possible level, you need to refrain from activities so as to be able to express this power.

Practice, training camps to me are fairly easy.

The big goal is playing in June, so I'd rather be in the best shape I can be in health-wise than be dragging with nagging injuries or not being 100 percent trying to get to the Finals.

You have 20 fights, you should know what it takes to get yourself ready. If you don't feel like you're ready, you let your coach know 'hey we need to work on a little bit more of this.'

In spring training, I just try to spread everything out so I can be 100 percent before the season starts. I don't want to start feeling like I don't get it once the season starts. I want to be 100 percent on Opening Day.

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

I went to Brazil to learn more about my body and my physique: what to do before training, during training, after training, even after the match.

I train and prepare for every contest the same so I can compete to the best of my abilities.

You have to be sharp, you have to be ready. You have to have guys that can push you in terms of these high-level fights or otherwise you're going to get out to these fights and your opponent has been pushed and they are ready to compete. If you have not been pushed and you're not ready, you can't just turn that switch on that night.

I attribute my longevity to my extensive stretch routine that I do before every single match or any physical activity. I put myself thought a regimen that really puts my body to the test so I'm not cold, tight, or ready to be injured when I start slamming my body around.

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.

I'd say the challenge of DHing is going to be learning the routine and to stay loose and stay warm and kind of be ready for it.

Hamstring flexibility and hip mobility for me are the two most important factors on the field.

When we're not on the practice field, I'm watching tape, and when I'm not watching tape, I'm doing body work or something like that.

This is what you do your routine for, so when playoff basketball comes, it helps you stay fresh, sharp, energized, strong - all that.

Once I go into these fights, and we have to go through the ringer to prepare for them, and we know I'm not 100 percent going in, winning is the most important thing, and dominating is the most important thing, and that's what we've been doing.

When you know yourself that you've come through preparation injury free and you've done everything, you've done the work in the gym and the rounds of sparring, it fills you with confidence.

My workouts start with a really good stretching session.

The weight room prevents you from getting injuries, keeps your body durable and, working out even during the season, it helps a lot. It keeps your body loose, it keeps strengthening your body, especially the functional stuff.

I just want to go out there and play to my full potential, and play a healthy season, know what I'm saying?