Quotes About Mindset

I cannot control what people think. But I can control myself and my aim, and my head is focused on trying to win trophies.

It's very difficult to have the same motivation in the season after you've won two trophies.

One must just keep having good seasons with many great matches, whether one is with the club or the French national side. For me, this must be a player's goal in his head, even if it's an individual trophy, and the first thought must be on the collective.

I never looked at my mantel and envisioned an MVP trophy sitting there. This is pretty crazy.

I am convinced that if you win one trophy, then the rest will follow.

You have to get your motivation from within, and it doesn't matter if you lose in the quarters, the semis, or the final. You must want to have another chance of winning the trophy.

The way I handle it is by preparing for any match in the same way. I stick to a routine and I stick to it no matter whether I am playing a Ranji Trophy game or an international game.

I don't keep a lot of the trophy stuff. I don't pay attention to it.

Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have.

Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have.

Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.

The pressure will always be there. If we enjoy the pressure, then we will be able to do well, but if we put ourselves under pressure, then we can get into trouble.

You have to try and take care of your service games and not get into those awkward sudden-death deuces that can only get you into trouble.

It's when I compare myself to what other people are able to do that I run into trouble. It is a bummer. I just constantly try to put things into perspective.

Acknowledging your mistakes also has its pluses, but we often don't have trouble recalling or mulling over those. The point is, if you don't acknowledge your successes the same way you acknowledge your mistakes, you're sure to have a memory full of blunders.

It is a queer thing, but imaginary troubles are harder to bear than actual ones.

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.

The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles.

The special ops guys and the firefighters around the world have this great phrase. They say, 'Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast,' and that is true. Everything I've accomplished in my life has been because of that attitude.

I learned how to be an athlete. I learned the true art of resiliency and grit.

I honestly believe true happiness lies in lowered expectations. In opening the door to let the air in.

I always try to make sure that the workspace that I'm in - the NBA, there's highs and lows - but I always make sure that I never let the highs and lows truly determine my true happiness as a person.

True story - I had index cards; I would write things on them and post them on the mirror in the bathroom. And I would speak it. Because you have to speak life. You have to speak what you want. You have to watch what you say because it's power in your tongue.

I never considered myself a lucky person. I'm the most extraordinary pessimist. I truly am.