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Quotes About Mindset

That has to help if you know the mentality of your opponent, and how he wants to play.
~ Adama Traore
I didn't want my opponent to know there was anything wrong with me.
~ Mary Pierce
I will take every match seriously and respect every opponent.
~ Lin Dan
Even when my opponent hits a very good shot, I don't just want to get it back. I want to get it back so they have difficulty. And then I can control the point.
~ Caroline Wozniacki
The opponent never matters to me. That's something I've always said.
~ Donald Cerrone
I have to respect my opponent, always, doesn't matter who he is, but I'll get in there and win. That's a fact.
~ Jose Aldo
Every time I step on the court, I know I can beat my opponent.
~ Stan Wawrinka
I know how good I am, and I know where I can go if I'm in the right mindset and respecting my opponent.
~ Luke Rockhold
The more irrational you make your opponent, the more control you have over him in the ring.
~ Roy Jones Jr.
You never show what you are going to do; you always do what the opponent doesn't expect.
~ Vitor Belfort
When you're little, you're taught not to look at, like, if your opponent gets angry or anything.
~ Naomi Osaka
I always say the biggest opponent for Manchester United is Manchester United. Every year I play for this club, I will say the same.
~ Patrice Evra
I can honestly say that every time I go on court, I see the opponent in a competitive way, but not a rival.
~ Simona Halep
People who are great at what they do, they do it the same way no matter who the opponent is.
~ Ben Askren
I always played my best when I respected my opponent and was a little scared of them because they could beat me. Every game I played in college, that was the case.
~ Christian Laettner
That's usually the way I am - I don't care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.
~ Derrick Lewis
You have to know your opponent and take him out of his game.
~ Royce Gracie
We must not dive into tackles but force the opponent to run so that maybe they will crack late in the game.
~ Didier Deschamps
In mixed martial arts, if you get kicked in the face, it's your job not to show any expression to your opponent.
~ Matt Riddle
You build up the opponent, and you lose confidence.
~ Niko Kovac
We have to keep our strong mentality every time, with a good emotional balance to support everything, whether an opponent provokes you or not, because the opponent is doing his job as well.
~ Marco Silva
Where the opponent is in the rankings means nothing.
~ Amanda Nunes
You've got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
~ Derrick Lewis
You don't want your opponent to score. You don't want your guy to score and once you get better at it, you get used to it, it becomes a mindset. You just try to do it every game.
~ Rudy Gobert