You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.
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I can only control what I do when I go compete.
A lot of things are out of my control, and that's all the other athletes. I can be the best I can ever be, and if there's someone better, they'll win the race. I'm aware of that.
You can't completely control the sport - Tiger Woods comes close. The test is against yourself and nature's own way. I find golf a particularly good metaphor for this story.
I mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself.
A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time.
I think one has to understand that there are stages in life, and that the life of an athlete has its limits. It's short, and then it stops, and sooner or later you have to accept that.
It's not good to focus on one person or two persons about being your rivals. The important thing is just to train hard and be ready for the competition and to prepare for the races so that in case of anything that comes out, you are able to handle it.
Professional sports are something they can't control.
If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.
Of course, rivals do affect athletes mentally, but if you are competing with top-notch athletes, you will push each other, you will encourage each other.
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