Quotes About Mindset

My opponents are irrelevant. It's all about which Rob turns up. If I get it right, I can win anything.

No, because as a fighter, we aren't really that intimated over other opponents.

I respect all my opponents, but I fear no one.

I respect all my opponents and they do the same thing that I do to get ready for fights.

For us it's better to think of our opponents as idiots. It's easier to play hard against someone you don't like than it is to play against a friend.

I don't want to end up like some guys who have too much fun and start taking opponents for granted.

The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the last 20 years. Doors opened; opportunities evolved. Law, institutions, corporations moved forward. But many minds did not.

I have to have an attitude of gratitude and not miss opportunities.

I try not to think about anyone's expectations but rather focus on always doing my personal best. Modeling was never a thought in my mind growing up, but my mom felt it was important for me to be open to business opportunities and expand my horizons.

We live in the age of entitlement, as opposed to enlightenment.

I've always been a glass-half-full as opposed to a glass-half-empty, and the day that changes is the day I should leave.

I've always been, like a lot of people, driven by fear. Always focusing on the fire on the rope, as opposed to what the rope is coming from.

I think, generally, the creative process is hurt if you're thinking about the end as opposed to focusing on day-to-day decisions.

It's more difficult for me to get into a character in the lead-up as opposed to leaving it.

I think you gotta look at stuff half-full as opposed to half-empty.

When we think about our bodies, we often think about the way they look as opposed to what they accomplish for us every day.

Entitlement is the opposite of enchantment.

There have been lots of times in my career where you go four or five games and feel like you can't hit anything. And you also have the exact opposite.

If you're setting up lights and tripods, and you've got three assistants running around, people will want to get you out as fast as they can. But if you go the opposite way, if you make the camera the least important thing in the room, then it's different.

For me, opposition is just another opposition.

People like Mo Ali, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Joe Root, they are looking to take attack to the opposition and that's when they play their best.

The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.

Every ball matters - if with the last ball the opposition need four to win, and you've gone for 96, can you get that out of your mind and bowl a dot ball and win the game?

My job is to do exactly that with every player - to put him in a frame of mind where he is thinking only about his role and he is thinking about the team he is playing for and, of course, the opposition which we always respect.