Quotes About Mindset

When you have tough times, and when you learn you can't be perfect in every situation, it's hard to accept, you know, because I still do expect that. But you just have to, because, you know, it's not about the situation. It's how you deal with it. You always have a choice.

You got to have fun. That's how I've approached each and every day. Obviously, some days have been a little bit tougher than others, but I've been trying to have fun.

One of the most important things that teachers teach students is you, you can work harder. You are mentally tougher than you think.

You can look at it and say I'm doing this better or that better, but the bottom line is, I just learned to be mentally tougher.

The most important part for me is mentally. Physically, I know I'm going to put the work in. That's not even a question. But mentally you may have some days where it's tougher.

When I was playing on the tour, I never really thought about the Hall of Fame because you're always thinking about your game and how you can do better.

I just never subscribed to the theory that at age 55, you fall off the face of the earth on the Tour. I always felt that was too young of an age for that.

On the PGA Tour, guys finish in the top 10, make a ton of money and think they're great players. In my era, you had to win. We didn't settle for anything else.

I'm one of a few guys on the PGA Tour who doesn't work with an instructor. I'm not saying mechanics don't matter. But I play my best when I focus on staying in a good place mentally and keep the technique simple.

My first years on tour, I tried to be super professional by considering the yardages to every feature and hazard. Over time my caddie and I noticed I play better when we keep it simple. Think about the distance you want the ball to fly, and only that number.

After 'Long Live the Kane,' I toured the world as an entertainer seeing so much more. My mindstate was so much broader.

Mental and physical preparation is critical in tournament poker events like the WSOP.

In a way getting fired up for these matches is what makes the Premier League the hardest tournament for me. Knowing I can lose and still be in the tournament probably makes me relax too much sometimes.

I always save a few special outfits for the final rounds of a tournament, because they put me in a more positive mindset and I then make better decisions.

In tournament football, you cannot dwell on things for too long.

I have a mental coach in Korea, and I talk to her every week before the tournament, during the tournament and try to talk to her and try to get a little bit of the pressure off.

During a tournament, I'm not thinking about mechanics at all. I'm in scoring mode.

When there's an important tournament going on, I try and stay in a bubble. It's easy that way because then you don't have to worry about anything else.

I don't really get too high or too low. I think when you have a big tournament, that's the important thing: managing emotion.

If you go into a tournament thinking that you're not going to do anything, you might as well not be there because you won't achieve anything.

I don't want to retire before the tournament starts for me.

It could be very costly if you don't have a clear mind during a tournament.

I consider the All England as like any normal super series tournament.

Previously, people were like, 'She might win the tournament,' but now it's like, 'She should win the tournament.'