While some athletes feed off anger, pressure, and pent-up energy, none of those things help improve Press's game. "So much of my physicality comes from my mind, and yoga is the link between those two things. . . . I'm the best player when I'm smiling, when I'm having fun, when I'm super relaxed, when I can enjoy scoring goals, and when I can laugh off my mistakes," Press told ThePostGame ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics. "[Meditation and yoga are] my way of staying centered." The following year, she told ESPN that, in place of pregame superstitions, she commits to a 20-minute meditation before each match.
