Peak Condition Quotes

For me, I just focus on playing, playing at a high level. And when you can't do that any longer, you've got to get off the train.

It's probably better for me to play 40 or 45 games and occasionally be rested and therefore still be full of energy at the end of the season.

As I get older, I just need to continue to make sure I'm staying in peak shape and taking care of my body the best I can.

Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.

We know the window of boxing don't last long. We want to try to get everything we can in this window and beat everyone we can.

I think there is definitely a physical peak for people, and it's probably a little bit later than most people would believe.

I have no bone loss, no brain loss, I have a lot of energy and a lot of strength. My heart is perfect so I think I'm more ready than I would have been in my 20s, honest to God.

I think 1:59 is something a human being can run. Or 1:58. Who knows?! If someone trains very well and thinks in a good way, then they can do anything.

When I'm healthy and competing, I'm just a different type of player. That's the type of player everyone fell in love with.

When my horse is running good, I don't stop to give him sugar.

The playoffs is when I'm at my best.

Right now, I'm at the top of the world in my game so my focus isn't on when I'm going to end. My focus is on playing the best tennis that I can, and there is no end to that.

Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.

The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for.

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.

I consider myself one of a very small handful of drivers in the world that are top drivers. The best one? I don't think anybody can say they're the best one because, from one week to the next, you can be on form or off form a little bit.

There are guys who want to look good, and there are guys who want to perform at their best. Being fit is about being able to perform at your best, not necessarily just looking your best.

That's what I'm focused on, having that perfect race.

Everyone is at their best against the champions.

Even at my peak, I never went too over the top.

I am almost 30 so I am approaching this one as if it will be my last Olympic Games. I want to put out 110 percent to make sure that I am up at the top.

There's a lot of guys who can bowl 150 km/h when you give them the ball when they're fresh in the morning, but can they do it late in the afternoon when it's boiling hot and they're bowling their 20th over for the day? I want to be able to do that and I want to be the only guy who is able to do that.

Real Madrid have to be at their best in every single training session and every single game.

For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive.

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.