Quotes About Mindset

Sport can never be scripted. What I had in my control was to be the best that I could be every single shot.

So much of sport is that mental attitude.

I think that's the biggest thing in this sport is when you prepare, you have extra confidence.

As a driver, it was easy to find the negative in things. But when I got out of the car, everything about the sport, my whole perception of just about everything in the sport, did a 180.

If you are humble, your concentration will be very high. That's the way to go in sports.

Don't let anyone turn you into a slave. You're a slave if you let the media tell you that sports and entertainment are more important than developing your brain.

You can easily get depressed. Usually, if you play sports, you think that one match or one game is very important, and when you lose it, you think your whole world is over.

I think flexibility in general is something that needs to be reinforced, and not only baseball players but all sports.

Playing on Sky Sports doesn't really make a difference to me.

I'm mad enough not to ever need a sports psychologist, because I really believe in myself.

I think as a professional sportsman you're aware that your time is limited.

Each sportsman behaves differently.

When you are in the goal, you have to concentrate totally on the game, but in a shoot-out when the striker is walking towards the penalty spot, you remember what you have been through and see it as a chance to make the difference.

That mindset never changes. It should never change. If you've been in the league for 14 years or been in the league not even a day, you should have that mindset that you're going to go out there and prove yourself and earn a spot.

I never prepare. I think that's completely overrated. It's a very simple job. All you have to do is hit this bright mark, stand in the right spot and say the line. So I don't really believe in preparation.

I think if I get the training spot on, the equipment perfect and I'm in the right state of mind, I can get a result there from no competitive action.

When you're climbing with someone who always sees the bright spot, even if there is no bright spot, that attitude is really helpful.

It's not necessarily about the physical aspects when people say receivers have a lot of drops or can't catch the ball. It's that they are not focusing on the right things. That their mind-set is not in the right spot.

It's not like the world No.1 spot is always in my mind.

When I step up to that penalty spot, I know the consequences. They're the same whether I miss the first, second, third - or the 10th - it will be the same.

Sometimes when you're in the game, things speed up a little bit, which can make you miss your spot by a couple of inches.

If you're open in certain spots, you just shoot the ball. It doesn't matter if you're good from that spot or not.

It's OK to feel good about yourself because it's not doing any good for anybody else to be fearful or spread anxiety.

I think the word 'yips' trivialises it; it is completely debilitating, like a cancer spreading through your game and just destroying it.