Quotes About Mindset

You see a lot of times that when a player comes through to the first team and gets the big contract, they do not take the second step because they think they have made it. The truth is that this is when it really starts.

There are times when your ego has to contract.

I didn't think I'd be getting a contract at 34. That wasn't in my mind.

Contract year or not a contract year, I'm playing the exact same way and focused on the exact same things.

I'm just concentrating on my football. I'm not thinking about the length of my contract.

As your life expands your focus expands or contracts.

I'm just trying to put together good at-bats and do anything I can to help contribute.

You can't control how other people see you or think of you. But you have to be comfortable with that.

I can't control other people, what their beliefs are.

I felt very calm and controlled. That's what you've got to feel and do when it's time to win. It's easy to say, hard to do.

I'm worried about what I can worry about and controlling what I can control.

I guess if I get a little weird about something that isn't the way I want it, and I complain, then it's called controlling.

You control your behavior by controlling your thoughts.

The only thing I can control is myself. I can't control what anyone thinks about me, I can't control circumstance, I can't control the things that God controls.

I'm 4'11", but that doesn't matter if I'm showing conviction and confidence in what I'm doing.

I want people to be able to influence themselves. We convince ourselves, and that allows us to convince others.

If you convince your mind that you can't give up then your body will automatically follow.

You can't convince people of certain things. You let them think what they want to think.

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

To be successful in your life, you have to be convinced in your own mind that you have the ability to accomplish your goals.

I am convinced that you should always play the way you want to play and success will then come on its own - as long as it's a good philosophy.

I don't think having a conservative mind in 2012 is a cool thing.

We are all different. We all have different circumstances, and you have to cope with whatever it is, try not to dwell on things.

Don't worry about what happens when things go wrong; just accept that they're going to, and figure out how do you want to cope with it when it does.