Quotes About Mindset

People ask me, 'What were you thinking during that game-winning penalty kick in the 2011 World Cup?' I was actually thinking absolutely nothing. I just walked up there and was so inspired by my teammates who rocked all their PKs; they just killed it. I figured I might as well do the same, or they might have my neck.

Most of my best games were when I felt crap - I could hardly move on the morning of the World Cup semi-final in 1990 - but there's a thing called adrenaline that gets you through.

When I was a player, and since then, we have never been so snobbish as to go into a tournament saying, 'We will win this World Cup.' We aren't like that.

We were able to dominate the world in the '90s because the World Cup victory completely transformed us and changed our mindset.

I am not thinking about World Cup and all those things. You can't play freely if you start thinking like that.

I used to think, 'Everything's okay, or will be. I'll go on with this stance.' But after the World Cup, I was open to everything: if someone suggested a change in my technique I felt could work for me, I was willing to give it a try.

Many clubs use sports psychologists today. But you have to work with a mental coach for months. You can't just start when you are in the World Cup.

Of course I want to get into the England World Cup team, especially having been so close, but I'm not going to be concentrating on it or let it be at the front of my mind.

Thinking constantly about world domination can give you a little vertigo. The way I usually get through my day is by limiting my horizon to serving the next few customers or increasing revenues in the next few months.

I am just going to try to run my personal best. If it comes as a world record, I would appreciate it. But I would treat it as a personal best.

There is always anxiety before a competition and it was no different for me today. It was only in the third round, with about 40 targets left, that I realised I could match the world record score.

When we race in London a world record will be the last thing on our minds.

I felt so relaxed. It just felt very easy, and that's why it surprised me that I had broken my world record.

For me, I've not really focused on a world record. I'm just trying to put a complete race together, and when I do that, then fast times will come.

For me, looking back is akin to being on a tightrope and looking down. It doesn't help you in the present moment to deal with what you have to deal with in order to move forward.

Living with coronavirus is a tightrope walk.

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it.

I think I maximised my opportunity at Bolton, changing the mindset of the people from when I arrived till the time I left.

At the end of the day, my job is to play cricket, and till the time I am playing against any opposition, I am happy.

Do your best, one shot at a time and then move on. Remember that golf is just a game.

What you feel inside reflects on your face. So be happy and positive all the time.

The biggest problem in South Africa is that we have a disrupted timeline. Historically, politically, spiritually, economically, in people's minds, in people's heads.

A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do.

Once you put everything in the right perspective, even bad times can be an opportunity to refresh your appetite, your desire.