Quotes About Mindset

I think there's a tendency with some women especially to internalize and think, 'I have to be perfect at everything before I'm going to put myself out there.' We've got to change that mindset. And I think it starts with confidence.

There's a tendency to fall into certain habits, but if you tell yourself not to do that and if you don't stay there too long - I think if you start staying for too long, you tend to fall into certain bad habits, and I tried not to do that.

A lot of people think this is a goodie two-shoes talking. But we do have a tendency to complain rather than celebrating who we are. I learned at my mother's knee it's better to appreciate what's happening... I think we kind of talk ourselves into the negative sometimes.

Earlier in my life, I had a tendency toward depression.

I have a tendency to freak myself out.

I have a tendency to catastrophise and doing something that you have control over is an escape from that.

My tendency has always been to lean more conservative, for sure.

Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal responsibility.

I feel like what I have learned in my career in racing is that anytime you are happy off the race track it tends to show up on the race track.

Most peoples work ethnic tends to be OK, but not fantastic.

I'm a person who sometimes tends to worry too much about cricket. Previously I would think about the game for probably 15 hours, but now with the presence of my wife it has come down to ten hours, and I would like to bring that down to about nine.

One of the best sayings in tennis and sport is that pressure is a privilege.

When my heart rate is so high, I seem to be able to play even better, without making bad decisions. It almost switches the mind off, so that I can play more instinctive tennis.

You may not be playing your best tennis or having your best match; sometimes it's just not your day. The important thing is to believe in yourself, which starts with being confident in your abilities.

There is a fear of emotion in tennis.

I'm a tennis fan, so I like Roger Federer. He's always two or three steps ahead, so he's hitting a shot, but he's also thinking about the next two shots. So I try to be in that frame of mind - to always be ahead.

Tennis is an individual sport, and I am quite a self-conscious person.

When I'm relaxed, I play my best tennis.

I certainly don't lose any sleep if I lose a tennis match.

I think more of my tennis is more to do with the mental side of things rather than technique or, you know, tactics or anything like that.

Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.

When I'm playing well because of my serve and trying to keep points shorter, I don't need to worry about my opponent. All I need to do is focus on myself and have them adjust to me rather than me adjust to them. That's when I play my best tennis.

At the end of the day, it's just a tennis match. It's not the end of the world.

I just go out and play my best tennis.