Quotes About Mindset

I can be proud of every swim, every effort I put in the water, every mental approach to every single race.

I had always had the same pre-match routine that I went through every day - get up, go down for a swim and a stretch, back to the room for a shower, then down for brekkie - the same routine every game, and it got me ready.

I'm just going into London to enjoy it as much as I can. Enjoy the experience and just swim the best that I can on the day.

I cannot control what goes on in another lane and this is how I focus on the Games. There is no point in being nervous of other swimmers. It's just about focusing on yourself and what you need to do in order to perform at your best.

Being happy outside the pool means fast swimming in the pool.

I don't think too much about mechanics. I just like to go up there and swing. It's more than my swing, though. It's my mindset. I always go to home plate with a plan.

Swing at strikes. You've got to swing at strikes.

Jack Nicklaus liked to curve the ball by opening or closing the clubface at address. I never felt I was good enough to do it his way. I didn't like changing my swing path, either, which some guys do.

Sometimes I chase, but I'd rather swing at a close pitch than take it for strike three.

I try to keep it real simple. I try not to add a lot of frosting on what I'm doing. Just take the swing and don't muscle the swing, because if you get in the hitting position and you take the swing, I generate a lot more bat speed, and that works for me.

Most players I play with, I don't look at their swing when they're over the ball or anything like that.

It was everyone going up there to swing for the fences, because the home runs were what would get them on 'SportsCenter.' That really changed the mindset of the players.

This is the big leagues; pitchers throw a lot of strikes. I feel like they attack me. That's why I go up there and swing.

I think of three things, and that's it. Just keep it short and take it outside and swing it left.

How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf. There are countless things we can work on and think about in the swing, but when it's time to play in competition, you don't want to think too many thoughts.

You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.

Everybody here has the ability to throw a fastball down and away or throw a breaking ball in the dirt for a swing and a miss. But are we able to stay in that moment and understand what we're trying to accomplish and see it in our mind before we execute and then make the pitch?

I've got a good game plan... keep things simple with my golf swing.

It happens throughout the year where your swing feels better, or it feels worse; you feel good, you feel bad.

People don't understand fighting. They think you just go there and stand in the middle and swing for the fence. People who fight like this are idiots.

I've got a high-school swing. I know that. But you know what? It's good enough to get a ball in play.

I use the computers to maximize my efficiency and establish a baseline for my swing, but once I'm on the course, I don't think about any of that. I just play.

All I really think about is, 'Don't try to kick the ball too hard,' because a lot of times when I missed kicks, it was because I tried to kill it. I just try to think of a smooth swing, being slow and under control, and making the kick.

I try to think shorter swing with two strikes. That's how I was raised and taught the game of baseball.