“I worked closely with Steve Peters, the British Cycling team's psychologist, and we came up with a strategy of dealing with the pressure. It basically involved displacing the negative thoughts with visualisation. Not a complicated technique, but very effective if done properly. I just kept running through the race in my head over and over so that I wouldn't let the distractions around me put me off.” IfsDoneRunningRaceTeamInvolvedNegativePressureStrategyComplicatedBritishTechniqueDistractionPeterPsychologistCyclingNegative Thoughts Author:Chris Hoy
“If you go to the line knowing you have given it absolutely 100% in every training session you have done, you know that there's nothing else you could have done and that helps you to deal with the pressure.” IfsKnowsDoneHelpingGivenLinesDealsKnowingTrainingPressureSession Author:Chris Hoy
