Quotes About Mindset

I look at like this: Any player I guard, long twos or shots like that, if they make them I still think that's good defense. You can't make those shots at a high percentage the whole game. It's just hard to make long two-pointers, step-backs, fadeaways, off-the-dribble crossovers.

I just have to be ready and shoot it no matter what percentage I'm shooting.

I'm trying to be myself, trying and be aggressive no matter what percentage I'm shooting.

When we shift our perception, our experience changes.

What I had to learn was, that I'm only responsible for my perception of things. The world's not out to get you. That's not the way it works.

The problem is that perception is reality.

In this sport, the good thing about the UFC and MMA in general is a lot of it's based on perception.

When things begin to go bad, the perception of people makes it worse.

A lot of what you get done in the NFL is by perception. They perceive you as really talented, and they worry about you. You've got to come out of the locker room with something.

I can't worry about what somebody thinks, the perception. All I can do is work hard and continue down the path that I'm on.

Life's all about perceptions.

Anything that opens up people's perceptions a bit is good.

Our abilities are limited only by our perceptions.

It is absurd to look for perfection.

Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up.

Chasing perfection can make you go mad.

I don't want to call myself a perfectionist, because perfection is imperfection.

I'm a different person off the court than I am on the court, where I'm very competitive, a perfectionist, and I can be hard on myself sometimes. Off the court, nothing really bothers me. I'm easy-going.

And I deal with all that by being like a perfectionist. But that's okay.

I'm a perfectionist, which I think is a mistake.

I am definitely a perfectionist, and I do like things a certain way. But as I have got older, I would say that I am a little bit less of a control freak.

I'm such a perfectionist. I can be like, 'This has to be like this. And this, and this and this.' But then you realize a lot of things that you thought mattered, they really don't matter.

Artists that are perfectionists? We find it hard sometimes to be happy a lot.

I'm a perfectionist, which is bad at times but very good at other times.