Alexis Sanchez Quotes

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

Even though there are a lot of bright tennis players out there, you still have to protect yourself and save all your mental and emotional energies for tennis.

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 know, sometimes the little victories that I have throughout the season are not necessarily obvious on the track. Maybe they're another aspect of what I'm doing, winning little victories here and there to get everything in line to be able to perform from top to bottom on race day.

When you reach that elite level, 90 percent is mental and 10 percent is physical. You are competing against yourself. Not against the other athlete.

For an athlete, the biggest pressure comes from within. You know what you want to do and what you're capable of.

I'm a sports junkie, and I am interested in athletic will - how you exceed the expectations of your own performance when it counts to deliver something beyond yourself so that you can win.

If you ask another competitor, they may tell you they felt very competitive towards me. But I can tell you that my biggest competition was myself. There's only so much you can do, right? There is only so much energy that one has. My focus was on how do I get the best out of myself.

From a logistical standpoint, I learned about when to peak, when to push, when to recover throughout the season.

Fortunately, the way I play tennis, I don't have to spend too much time analyzing or worrying about my opponents. I typically try to focus on my own game, and I know if I do that and execute, I can beat anyone.

I think if something's wrong with me, I just kind of work through it. That's my mentality.

Keeping my emotions in check translates to me playing a lot better.

Whatever I'm capable of, I need to be the best I can.

After my first year, I knew exactly what I wanted to do, what I wanted to get better at, and how I was going to do it.

We don't focus on our rivals: we focus on ourselves.

What I was doing wasn't good enough. It was good enough up until I met someone who was doing it properly - someone who was stronger than me and in better mental and physical condition than I was.

As always, I keep my head up, look objectively at all the matches I played, see where I can improve, bits and pieces, and, you know, get ready as quick as I can.

I understand what it feels like to be tired in a game because I was tired in practice, and I understand what my body can go through and how I can push my body mentally and physically, and that's something I really relate to.

I am one of those athletes who is very hard on myself.

I really don't focus on the competition at all. Like even on the football field it's me versus me.

The only way I can meet expectations of myself and what I think I am capable of is to make sure my game is in order and I am doing things that allow me to perform at my best, to make sure my training is good, to make sure I am focused on watching the ball and not worried about the external expectations.

I focus on each leg and not what the score is.

Whether you're an athlete or just someone aspiring to be at the top of your game - in the workplace, gym or even at home - it's important to have that special something that sets you apart and helps you stay focused.

Usually if you haven't figured out how you want to play tennis yourself, it is hard to accept the failures of playing five sets.

It's easy to become angry, but when you get better, you channel your energy into the game.