Quotes About Mindset

I used to either lose in my first or second match or I would go very far in the tournament. So I've been saying to myself, 'Come on, you've got to get through these first two matches. They're very tough. Because afterwards you feel different.' So I'm really putting my energy into getting through to those later rounds.

I'm usually out there grinding. You see a birdie go up on the board, and you're not thinking about how it affects the tournament because you're playing.

I don't worry about being the best keeper in the tournament. I just focus on being the best I possibly can for myself and for the team.

It's tough to think before a tournament that you can win.

Going into a tournament with 100 per cent belief you will win it - that's how I've always enjoyed snooker.

I think that's how it has to be in a tournament format. You can't dwell on games.

I had the same game plan during a tournament when I was playing bad as when I playing good: being just as aggressive, hitting at every pin.

Every tournament that I go to, I'll prepare my absolute best to play my best golf. And if my best golf is a Top-10, then so be it.

I never thought for one minute that I couldn't win another tournament or I couldn't make another Ryder Cup team. That's not in my make-up. If I feel good in myself and feel good in everything I'm doing, on and off the course, then I'm of the mind-set that I can get it done.

I'm not worried about the Masters. I never worry about this tournament or that tournament.

I don't want one tournament to offset another. I want to be fresh and take full advantage of the opportunity I've been given.

When you start a round with a two-shot lead, it always looks like a big lead and always looks as if you should go on to win a tournament.

If I win seven tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again.

Pressure comes from myself, because I expect a lot, but I am trying not to put so much pressure on tournaments and to be less emotional during matches.

I don't compare tournaments.

You could have all the tools in the world, but if you really don't want to be there, or if there's something that's off course that's playing on your mind... the game of golf is so mental, and if you don't have everything in the right order, it's very difficult to win golf tournaments.

Some habits of ineffectiveness are rooted in our social conditioning toward quick-fix, short-term thinking.

We're finding that many parents endorse a growth mindset, but they still respond to their children's errors, setbacks or failures as though they're damaging and harmful. If they show anxiety or overconcern, those kids are going toward a more fixed mindset.

Attitudes toward food have completely changed.

In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.

I'm a pretty low-stress guy. I take what the golf course gives me. Some days, when I'm in full control, I'm able to fire at pins with 5-irons. Other days, I'm looking more toward the middle of the green.

People gravitate toward information that implies a happier outlook for them.

I'm someone who has always had a positive outlook towards life.

Women need to be empowered through the strongest tool - education. They don't need to be subservient to anyone, but at the same time, men must change their mindset towards women. If they are more respectful towards them, then things will change at the grassroots level. It will happen slowly, but everyone has to move together.