Quotes About Mindset

From the bowler's point of view, if I look at a batsman, I don't see his shots, I see his defence. If a player has a strong defence, he is a very good player.

I define myself from a vision, from a point of view of life.

My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important.

I am not a tree-hugger and I don't think mine is an extreme point of view.

I have a mindset that says bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view.

Perhaps I'm temperamentally driven to see things from the point of view of the attacked rather than the attacker.

When I go out onto the pitch, I don't do so thinking about objectives or the need to win. I think about enjoying it, but from a point of view of responsibility and of giving your all.

I could have become a distraction, pointed fingers, complained, or I could have just worked hard and been prepared, knowing I'm one play from getting in. And that's the road I've taken.

This book is pointing the way into it for people that see it as daunting or a mystery. Some people just do it, but others need help with the mindset, permission almost to listen to themselves. Understanding how things work is the key.

I don't really look at stats or whatever. You see them on the big screen. But other than that, I don't pay too much attention to it. I did know about my dad's home run total. Other than that, I don't like to know. It's pointless. Whether you know or don't know, you don't want to think about it. You just want to go out and play the game.

Just try to focus one game at a time, not worry about points or anything like that. Worry about playing the right way and see what comes of it.

But just maybe sometimes being even more patient. Even though I thought I did that much better this year, and sometimes, you know, make my opponents play that one extra ball, and just knowing how to play the big points better.

Once you are on court, it doesn't matter the way you look. It doesn't help you win points.

When you are 10 points behind, you have to be focused just on the next game.

There's no room for being disappointed or for excuses, 'Oh, I had four match points.'

Before I step on a starting block, I will clap three times and shake out my arms twice. I don't feel ready to race unless I do that.

Whether it is a classy performance where you are creating a lot of chances or a scrappy one-goal win, it doesn't matter.

I usually don't play really good on clay.

As cliche as it sounds, I've always told myself, 'Don't worry about the things you can't control. Control the things you can control.' That battle has beat up on me for years.

Many of you have been reared on the cliche that the purpose of education isn't to stuff your head with facts but to teach you how to think. Wrong.

I know where I'm ranked, but I don't look at it that much, I don't study it that much. You really can't look at it that way, you've got to try to win as many matches as you can, and it's cliche, but you've got to take it one at a time.

It is an old cliche but it is game by game for me.

When it does not click offensively, it is very easy to get down defensively.

I don't have any dream role. I give my 100% to every character I play, and when the film clicks, it automatically becomes a dream role.