Quotes About Mindset

The only one I feel pressure from is myself to go and give my all for every match and, obviously, I'm a competitor.

I think the biggest thing was that I was putting pressure on myself leading up to Beijing. Now I am learning how to take that pressure off and seeing this as an incredible opportunity, but not like, 'I absolutely have to medal.'

I don't feel pressure going into games.

I just can't operate with any direct awareness of the pressures I might be under.

I always pretend like I'm nervous no matter what. I try to fall asleep.

I think any time I'm nervous I just pretend that I'm not, and that's how I deal with it.

I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren't funny.

The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can.

I grew up kind of poor, so like, I know it sounds pretentious, but I don't really know how to spend money.

My natural disposition is pretty joyful, but you know, I have bad days and sad moments like anybody else.

Playing bridge is a pretty old fashioned thing in a way that I really like.

I'm doing pretty good for myself, and I'm very proud and very humbled at where I'm at, and I'm extremely blessed.

For whatever reason, I'm pretty good with pressure. I kinda just flip it over and think of it as positive.

I do a pretty good job preparing myself. That's something I take pride in.

A mind concerned about danger is a clouded mind. It's paralyzing.

Danger is real. But fear is something we create.

Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.

The way people train is the most dangerous thing because we train, like, everyday.

You think about the dangers, you accept them and you go about your job, it is only if you start to think about it too much in the car that you'd have a problem.

I just need to build myself up and get myself in the right place and if I do that I'm going to play great darts all the time.

I don't have an expiry date. My body is my answer - when I see that I can no longer compete, when my head is not in it anymore, it will be the time to stop.

I see a David West score 47, and yeah, it'd be cool to put up numbers like that. But I don't need that to make me happy.

Control what you can control. I can control my emotions, my attitude, my effort every day.

From day one in summer league, I had a chip on my shoulder.