Quotes About Optimism

Kara Braxton, she's a great player, so I think they can go far this year.

You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.

Every time I'm on the court, I think I'm the best player. That's the mind-set a lot of players should have.

Sometimes I feel like I'm lacking a playfulness. I envy guys who are consistently able to maintain a playful, optimistic perspective on things.

I remember some stories had a very big impact on me, like 'The Little Train That Could,' which is about the importance of not giving up, and 'Little Toot,' about a playful tugboat in the New York harbor.

I think we have played like a playoff team for some time. We can still do better. The key thing right now is to look forward, not behind you.

Most people miss the great part mental outlook plays in this game.

I think I've got some more big plays left in me.

There's plenty of juice to keep this economy going.

I have plenty to look forward to, I'm sure.

I'm just grateful that I didn't give up on myself and I just kept plugging at it.

One of the big lessons I have learnt from my life is that things are never as difficult as they seem. When you actively plunge into it, you realize you can easily do it.

No matter where you are, what point in your life you're at, it's not the end.

I always try to be optimistic, but not to the point where I'm getting on people's nerves.

I've never seen a low point. I like to believe that they don't exist.

Being at United, you always get quite disappointed if you don't get all three points, as you believe you can go into every single game and win it.

When you are 10 points behind, you have to be focused just on the next game.

I was born in the '50s - 1951. So I grew up during that part of the '50s when everything was supposed to be at its best in America, they claimed, and then eased into the '60s.

I don't have a Pollyana attitude toward life that claims everything is lovely.

I don't want to sound too carried away, but from what I've seen, 'Bingo Long' is going to be a big one. A classic.

When I'm 70 or 80, I'm still going to be doing good climbs. It's going to be fun to the bitter end.

I can't understand it when people are closed-minded. I mean, boy, have I made mistakes and been very wrong. I can't tell you the amounts of times I've been let down, but I still try to see the best in people.

I never had a plan B; I would walk around with my head up in the clouds like, 'I'm going to be a famous singer/rapper person one day.'

I'm not clumsy, I'm accident-prone!