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Athletes can be a very stressy bunch. We like routine. I'm a very routined person. If something changes, I really don't like it.

My job is my sport so I have to make sure that I stay focussed on it. I train almost every day so it takes up a lot of my life and you don't want to bring any new distractions into your life.

You need to think outside the box. You need to think differently if you want to sustain what, for me, is my peak performance: the very best that I can achieve as an athlete every day.

I just do my work, try to do everything I can. I don't weigh in all offseason. I just try to get better, be in better position, be an athlete.

I am used to training 10 to 12 sessions a week, so I have the physical and mental endurance that comes with being an athlete.

As a professional athlete a lot is going to be said about you - but I just try to move forward and try to achieve my goals.

As an athlete, my health has always been important to me.

Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure.

There's steps that I've taken already, and each week, talking with the sports psychologist on a routine basis and working with the different programs that we're going through. This is all stuff that you can say you're going to make a difference, but I'm putting it into action.

When you're an athlete, you've got the horse blinders on pretty thick. Your exploration of other things in life tends to be limited because you have to have such a focus on what you're doing. I wasn't a good enough player to stray from that focus and still keep my ability.