Troy Polamalu Quotes

Music is a part of my life all the time - on the plane, before matches, driving out to the court.

Music can be useful during training to help get you psyched, and I still listen to music on easy climbs or in the gym. But during cutting-edge solos or really hard climbs, I unplug. There shouldn't be a need for extra motivation on big days, be it music or anything else. It should come from within.

I use music to focus, like an internal motor.

Before a match, I need to be alone. I need to reach concentration and focus on the game ahead of me.

In terms of, like, getting into a mindset, I use music all the time when I'm working.

'Good Life' was my gold-medal song and is what I sing when I need to get focused and keep calm. It also just makes me super happy, and I love jamming out.

I don't really listen to music before I go on court.

Music is a huge part of my life when I am on the road, working out, or preparing for a game. It is something I always go back to, and it is something that motivates me. It gets me hype before a game.

I'm always listening to music to pump myself up.

Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them.

Music inspires me and puts me in the right mood, but to actually listen to it when I write - I find it gets in the way.

I like to smile a lot before going in the car. I make jokes, even on the grid, and then I can still manage to focus when it counts.

I try and have a relaxed attitude and stay quite switched off until about an hour before kick-off.

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

I love music and I love acting. I always keep that in the forefront, not all the other distractions around me.

I always have music playing in my studio when I design. It really gets me in the mood and allows me to focus.

Sometimes I write with music on, and if I'm in a good flow, I don't even hear it.

I had tried to get focused on other things. But I always ended up back in the same place, and it wasn't making me happy. I needed to get the focus back.

I like the busy-ness of office life. What I discovered, to my surprise, is that I love the solitary nature of writing. What happens is that you write when you're ready.

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.

Before a match, I do not follow any chess news except the games.

If I'm preparing for something and I've got a huge day the next day, I have to get into character the night before to assess the scene. I can't assess a scene unless I'm in character, if that makes sense.

I procrastinate in spades. In my defence, I also try to have all other distractions solved before I can concentrate on writing. My small theory is that to write for three hours, you need to feel like you have three days. To write for three days, you need to feel like you've got three weeks, and so on.

The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it.

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.