Competition is an ordinary performance on a special day.

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"Our brain craves reducing uncertainty. Uncertainty is the hardest human emotion."

- Jonah Oliver

Awareness

"It’s not about positive thinking it’s about taking positive action, no matter what you feel. There are no gold medals for the best positive self talk at the Olympics. Sport is a behaviour."

- Jonah Oliver

Motivation

"It’s not about motivation, it’s about connecting to what matters."

- Jonah Oliver

Motivation

"It’s not about reducing pressure it’s about building the capacity to embrace more."

- Jonah Oliver

Resilience

"One of the biggest errors we have made in elite sport is we use the word confident when we actually mean competent. I can’t sing. I am not competent at singing. Put six beers in me in a karaoke bar and now I’m confident … but I am still terrible at singing."

- Jonah Oliver

Self-confidence

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"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus."

- Alexander Graham Bell

Focus

"The successful warrior is the average man with laser-like focus."

- Bruce Lee

Focus

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal."

- Henry Ford

Focus

"The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles. Let this Tuesday be a day of focus."

Focus

"If you can’t do something, then don’t. Focus on what you can."

- Shiroe

Focus