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What helped me was working with my breathing, specifically, using my breathing to stay sharp and focused under pressure and then cool and calm when the pressure was relieved.

The absolute worst thing a receiver can do is worry about not catching the ball or about getting hit.

If you have to remind yourself to concentrate during competition, you've got no chance to concentrate.

There were a lot of running backs as good as me. The real difference was that I could focus. I never laid back and relied on natural ability.

If I were asked to name one aspect of tennis that is the biggest weakness of players of all levels, I would probably say concentration. However good your shots, however fast your movement and reflexes, all is lost if the mind is not controlling every move.

I can't control what people say or anything like that. I have to focus on what I can control and that's what I'm going to do.

One thing we did well the whole tournament was keep fighting. And no matter what happened the point before, missed opportunity, missed easy shot, we just played the next point and blocked it out of our mind. That's why we're the champs.

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

Before, it came easy for me. I don't have two speeds anymore. I need to focus on the small things that I once took for granted.

The power of applying attention, steady and undissipated, to a single object, is the sure mark of superior genius.

Attention makes the genius; all learning, fancy, science and skills depend upon it. Newton traced his discoveries to it. It builds bridges, opens new worlds, heals diseases, carries on the business of the world. Without it taste is useless, and the beauties of literature unobserved.

We are very focused this time and our preparation has been better. We maybe made one or two mistakes last time, but not this time.

I was surprised how I was feeling on the court because I was focused only on the point and on the game and not on the final.

I want to try and stay focused on the next game. I'm pretty good at doing that, but to be there right now, it has been a blessing up to this point. Being here in Montreal and being healthy and playing with this group of guys.

I have to move on now as there is no point to dwell on the past. I have a few days to refocus and get ready for the 200 meters on Friday. After this I have the 4×100-meter and a few other races before the end of the season.

The next point - that's all you must think about.

How can you wonder what's going to happen when you don't know who's going to be the new guy in town? It's the age-old thing - it's such a cliché - but why worry about things you have no control over? What I can do is try to get this club to continue to play well. That's all I can do.

When you walk on a court, clear your mind of everything unrelated to the goal of playing the match as well as you can.

Mentally, (consistency) is important when you're not used to rugby at that level. Some of the smaller teams in this tournament are staying with the stronger sides for 60 minutes, but not the full 80 because of it.

I'm focused on going out every day and doing my best.

To succeed at the level I want to you have to be focused and serious.