Michael Strahan Quotes

When you're on the pitch, you can't think about what the fans are thinking.

I guess sometimes when the game is on the line you kind of focus a little more.

Before matches, there is a little bit of pressure, but on the pitch, you forget it all. You only think about playing football.

Look at Bjorn Borg or Jack Nicklaus. Those guys really concentrate. With the world on their shoulders, they're so absorbed with what they're doing.

To me, I'm going out there focusing on competing, not worrying about cardio or anything like that.

It pumps me up - the whole idea of the bowler marking his run-up, popping at the crease, the crowd chanting, nerves building up. It's a very good feeling. Right from the first ball, I know I have to be at the top of my game.

I spar in the gym, and I take pride in my sparring. But I'm a better fighter when the lights come on because it's right now - there is no tomorrow.

The Champions League is very difficult and you need to keep your concentration at all times.

When you play against important teams, you obviously feel more motivated.

I don't know how I look when I'm on the court to tell you the truth, I'm just focused.

You rewind. You think of your preparation. You think of everything you did throughout the week, your life, the practices, the intensity. Everything flashes, and you come right back to that point. And it's like, game on.

To concentrate intensely for 4 and a half hours, that's too hard for me. Too tiring. I concentrate 'lo maximo' on the 'golpe,' the stroke, but between strokes I'm interacting with the crowd or laughing with my caddie, talking about the spectators, the cute girls.

I never read my press when I was competing. I never got caught up in what I was doing at that moment.

Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.

I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.

Tiger Woods, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, a pitcher just before a game, I would imagine they all have nervous energy. But as you perform, the nervous energy dissipates and you start to relax and you start to do what you do best.

When you do RAW or Wrestlemania or a PPV where there's 10,000 people or more, you don't necessarily look at the people. The only time there's a realization that there's that many people is when you walk to the ring. Once you get in the ring, your focus is only on the ring, and maybe the front few rows.

People often say that stress is a motivator. What we're referring to when we say this is really better described as stimulation and engagement.

The mind is pretty powerful. In skating, you learn to click into that zone and focus not necessarily on what you're doing but if you're doing it well.

Sometimes I just get over-excited. I see the pitch and I think, 'I have to get this wicket.' When I am just looking to bowl, I am calm and composed, and most of the time I get it right. The ball lands where I want it to.

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.

To play in atmospheres that are intense is when I play my best football.

Each match I approach like a new one. The work is so immense that you don't have time to sit and ponder.

Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut.

When you play with the best in the world, it is important that you not lose focus. You must be fully focused. Even a minor error could result in a massive defeat.