Quotes About Mindset

We have to play the game, you can't go on to the pitch thinking the game is already lost.

I only know one way to pitch. I really do.

If I wanted to pitch that bad, I probably would. But I don't think I'm in that stage.

Sometimes I just get over-excited. I see the pitch and I think, 'I have to get this wicket.' When I am just looking to bowl, I am calm and composed, and most of the time I get it right. The ball lands where I want it to.

I think my mindset and my approach is to hit the ball hard, whether it be first pitch or work the count.

Just trying to go out there and do the same thing I do every time, take it one pitch at a time and give us the best chance to win.

At Manchester United, we play to win. That's my first mentality when I get onto the pitch. Then everything else comes with it.

When I go on a pitch, I just try to enjoy it as much as I can. The more you enjoy it, the better you play.

I think that being confident gives you more freedom. It liberates you, helps you have the courage to do things on the football pitch.

I think I am someone who is happy playing football. It is just that. Whenever I go onto the pitch, I always try and be happy. That is the big motivation that I have always had. Nothing else.

Before matches, there is a little bit of pressure, but on the pitch, you forget it all. You only think about playing football.

Sometimes self-esteem affects you on and off the pitch. Until you face your next game and you miss an easy chance, for example, then you feel not as great.

I don't think anybody goes onto the pitch and wants to go backwards.

Try to be on every pitch, try to be in the moment, and try to think every ball's going to come at you, no matter if it's not, but trying to get that mindset going.

When I am on the pitch, I don't focus on the opposition fans. I am focused on doing my best for the team.

In football, you can win; you can lose. The most important thing is the feeling and the attitude that you show on the pitch.

When you're on the pitch, you can't think about what the fans are thinking.

I don't go out to enjoy myself: I enjoy myself when I'm learning in training, but I don't enjoy the 90 minutes I spend out on the pitch during a game.

As players, we have to concentrate with what happens on the pitch, not off it.

I'm not looking into the future. I take every game as it comes, and as long as I am on the pitch and playing football, that is what keeps me happy.

If teams play Bayern, they bring another attitude to the pitch than if they play teams who are not Bayern.

The battle to win - on the pitch and in the boardroom - begins and ends in one's head.

When I hit, I felt I was in control of the home-plate area, and it was important that I felt that way. If I let the pitcher control it, it would give him an advantage.

I just try to make the pitcher work.