Performance Boost Quotes

I don't recommend steroids for everyone, and I don't recommend growth hormones for everyone. But for certain individuals, I truly believe, because I've experimented with it for so many years, that it can make an average athlete a super athlete. It can make a super athlete - incredible. Just legendary.

I don't think enough players channel the energy of the crowd. If it's done properly, and you don't let anger overwhelm and distract you, it's like a shot of adrenaline in the arm, and it gets the crowd pumped up.

That's when I'm at my best: when I'm surrounded by good players.

I love for the crowd to feed off me, and I try to make my teammates feed off me.

I just have that extra boost in games. I don't know why.

When I pick up Hank Williams' guitar or that first suit that Johnny Cash wore on stage, it empowers me.

I seem to get the best out of myself when the pressure's on. My senses are heightened. I feel sharper. I do better things.

Ancelotti moved me to a new position and helped me raise my game.

When you are playing well, the players play with more confidence, sometimes without changing anything.

We will go back to playing like Manchester United.

On the field, aggression can sometimes be a positive emotion. It boosts performance and can lift your game. But over the years, I have learnt that restrained aggression is a better animal. That way, you will conserve your energy and won't spend yourself quickly.

The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays.

When the guys are playing well around you, you look good.

When I did 'Goodtime Charley' that helped a great deal, but 'Dancin' was such a huge hit. It catapulted me in to being a consistent principal to count on.

Everybody likes new shoes! It is a new feeling, going onto the pitch, so it is great to be able to wear them straight out of the box. They are comfortable straight away and move with you. I could not do that with my old shoes. So every time I have a big match, I want new shoes straight out of the box.

It's a massive difference when you play in front of full stadiums; you can sense the buzz around the players, and it helps us get that extra one or two per cent that may be the difference in games.

The better the actor I am acting with, the better my performance gets.

Any recognition by the government for your performance and achievements always boosts the confidence of an athlete.

Performing in front of an audience gives you an extra ten per cent energy and the chance to react to the instant feedback.

Obviously, if you make birdies, you can move up quickly.

Incentive prizes work.

The top players talk more now, and we have more meetings. We're just trying to get things better. But we still need somebody who could make a difference.

It's good for your body to have a break. Even when you're training, you have to have a cheat day every week. The body reacts better to training if you give it intervals of not training, or you relax the diet.

You win one and then you win another. You feel more comfortable and more confident, and it snowballs. You can't wait to get to the next hole and play better.

The coach told me that he has a lot of respect for me, and I am a player who has the ability to do anything I like - to score with both feet, to head well and to pass. To hear such words from a man like Voller gives me a lot of confidence and motivation.