Quotes About Mindset

If you come to a fight thinking it will be a fair one, you didn't come prepared.

The old white man didn't look into your eyes, he looked clear through your eyes, and straight to the inside of the back of your head. 'Instead of runnin from pain, which is the natural thing in life, in boxing you step to it, get me?

Just because something had been expected of you didn't mean you had to expect it of yourself.

A joy in living, a natural expression of the will to survive all personal disaster, can be constant despite whatever changes take place. Some fortunate people are born with it and others acquire it through learning and growth.

Acceptance is a far better word and denotes a more positive attitude than resignation; I've always known that, but in recent days I've found one which is better still; it is consent.

Forget aging. If you're six feet above ground, it's a good day.

I think beauty comes from within. If you're happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside.

I'll do my best, sir." "I'll pretend I didn't hear that. You can't do your best every day, as that would be your average and you'd never have the ability to shine when it's needed the most. Save your best for when it's truly important. The rest of the time, give a good effort but forgive yourself if it's not your best.

Pissed off is not the same as well armed," he agreed, leading the way into the house. "I'll remember that.

Are you living your life or just waiting to die?

There is absolutely nothing more likely to dampen the prospects of becoming rich than a nice, fat, regular salary check.

Self-imposed misery is a kind of madness. The cure is to get

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Toute Église est conquérante par nature, parce qu'elle se croit en possession de l'absolu. [...] Aucune doctrine ne peut échapper à cette fascination. Le respect des convictions adverses et la tolérance moderne sont le fruit, et chez un petit nombre, du développement de la conscience ou de la conviction que la croyance à l'absolu est une maladie de l'esprit, chez la plupart des hommes le résultat d'une grande lassitude.

Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching.

A los violentos les encantaría que todos participáramos en su juego. Así tendrían pruebas de esa guerra que solo existe en sus cabezas

Many people find that they frequently slip into negative, unproductive moods, and, once in these moods, it can be difficult to shift out of them. We suggest that this happens because most people have an interpretation of mood and emotion that limits their power to observe and change their moods.

Tomarse las cosas con filosofía no quiere decir tomárselas con resignación, ni tampoco con gravedad, sino tomárselas alegremente.

Lo que pasa es que la felcidad es una pompa de jabón que da visos, pero que no bien uno la mira se revienta. Uno tiene que ser feliz sin saberlo

There's a very positive response from the body and the mind, and a change in a person's whole attitude, when they refuse to be a victim and start taking action.

Sian Beilock, a psychologist and leading expert on choking, defined the phenomenon in her book Choke as "poor performance that occurs in response to the perceived stress of a situation." The

Well-trained athletes have an easier time achieving flow because they are less physically self-conscious.

One cannot improve as an endurance athlete except by changing one's relationship with perception of effort. Even

Bracing yourself—always expecting your next race to be your hardest yet—is a much more mature and effective way to prepare mentally for competition.