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He warns not to simplify self-talk as positive or negative: “You can have a negative thought that’s productive. I’ve been in races where I've fallen off the back and said to myself, get your head out of your butt and get up there… Was it positive? No, but it served me in a way that was facilitative.”<ref>[https://www.runnersworld.com/training/a20786005/three-ways-to-calm-race-day-nerves/ How to Deal With Competition Anxiety], Runners World</ref>}}

He warns not to simplify self-talk as positive or negative: “You can have a negative thought that’s productive. I’ve been in races where I've fallen off the back and said to myself, get your head out of your butt and get up there… Was it positive? No, but it served me in a way that was facilitative.”<ref>[https://www.runnersworld.com/training/a20786005/three-ways-to-calm-race-day-nerves/ How to Deal With Competition Anxiety], Runners World</ref>}}

== Journal articles and research ==

== Self-talk: Research and journal articles ==

=== Research ===

=== Research ===