#olympics

"If you are able to focus unswervingly on your goals, then all that you desire will become yours."

"If you decide not to take action, you are going to fail, and even if you do take action, if you can’t keep up your motivation, you will simply end up back where you started."

"They don’t give Olympic medals out for talking a good game."

"You can start to change your luck today. Begin believing that you can have what you desire and superior things will arrive."

"For many, lack of achievement is more a consequence of fear of taking a chance and getting uncomfortable."

"A mind filled with negative thoughts makes you feel miserable and inadequate and will lead to failure after failure no matter how hard you try to succeed."

"Back when I was a competitive swimmer, I used to dream of going to the Olympics. But then I changed my mind, once I found out how expensive the tickets are."

"If you want to continue to be the best in the world, then you have to train and compete like you are second best in the world."

"To think is good. To obsess is bad."

"Lucky people will focus on what’s in front of them rather than scrabbling about for what they’re searching for."

"Do you want to know what one of the secrets to achieving all of your goals is? You’ve got to be committed."

"To deliver your own personal maximum, you’ll realise there are no shortcuts; if you want to be a champion it is all about rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck in."

"Remember, if you don’t do anything – if you don’t change the way your mind works and direct your subconscious mind to create the life you want – then everything stays the same, nothing changes."

"Look for solutions, instead of being difficult; be more thoughtful, instead of allowing anger to burn you out. Look at things from a different perspective, embrace change, look out for opportunities and you will feel much more in control."

"The sprint is like life ... blink and you miss it."

"Trust in your own beliefs or succumb to the influence of others’."

"Like everything in life, it is not what happens to you but how you respond to it that counts."

"Just identify the very first physical action you need to take, and do it."

"Every time a champion makes a decision they have a chance to learn something new, regardless of the outcome."

"Tell me your thinking, and I’ll tell you what your life looks like."