Quotes About Mindset

I don't like thinking too much about the future - it freaks me out.

My mind is always free. My mind is flexible.

The reason why I'm playing good is because I don't think one second about my free agency.

What happened with Gutknecht does frequently cross my mind, but I can't do anything about my situation. I need to carry on boxing so that's what I've been doing.

I don't think that I've scored these many runs or I've achieved these things, because I believe it is something that doesn't help me. Whenever I go out to bat, it's a fresh start.

I've always done the safest thing, which is to assume that it's going to feel like that, to assume that you're going to feel like a freshman in a group of seniors - if you expect the worst, then it's never going to be that bad.

Keeping mental freshness is sometimes difficult... but it is easier when you win.

In business or in life, focus on the things over which you do have some control. And don't fret about all the other problems. Most of the time, they don't come true anyway!

I'm not frightened of death.

No, I've never been frightened before a fight.

I'm not a frugal person, but I find it difficult to be extravagant materially.

You stay positive. Any competitor is going to get angry with themselves and frustrated, and all the emotion comes on.

I get frustrated but never depressed.

I get frustrated with myself very easily.

I want to enjoy what I'm doing and don't want to be frustrated, and angry and bitter with what I'm doing.

It's always frustrating when you drop the ball. But you've got to go back out there, and you've got to put that play in the back of your head and keep on going.

I always try to find a less frustrating way to look at things.

If you are just focused on the end result, you are probably going to have a frustrating year. But if you embrace on what you go through every day and how you work every day, there's a lot that can be taken from that.

It's frustrating not to play well.

Talent is not enough. It's a mental game. You have to deal with frustration when you don't play, you have to deal with the pressure. There are no excuses.

When you're going through a game and you miss your first couple, you definitely put a little bit of added pressure on yourself. And there is that sense of frustration. You got to block it out and realize that the whole goal of what I'm trying to do is just get open shots.

When I'm disappointed in myself, that frustration comes out a little bit. I don't let it affect my game, but it's something I can definitely work on.

I think I, like a lot of people, have that type of brain where I find it interesting or fulfilling to worry about something.

Fighting bitterness can be a full-time job.