Quotes About Mental

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The problem is not in the exterior circumstances but in your own mental attitude toward them, and in the habitual patterns of thought that you have subjectively accepted.

The Romans were right. One can bear anything. The pain we cannot bear will kill us outright.

In my situation, unlike some players who retire because they have no choice - either teams don't want them or injuries have caused them to retire, and they just can't do it - for me, I really had never thought I would give out mentally before I gave out physically, but I think that was the case.

Loneliness is devastating our mental and physical health and, at its worst, is killing us. Yet thankfully, unlike some conditions, we can easily cure it. We just need the will.

Nobody can make a putt that breaks to the right. It's unnatural. Unless you're left-handed, of course. Standing over a putt that breaks to the right can actually make you dizzy. I've long thought that right-breaking putts are a major contributor to mental and physical ill health.

I sort of leave the character at the end of the day. I don't carry anything around with me - no excess baggage or unnecessary thoughts. I think it's too exhausting to do that. To put things into perspective - your work is your work, and your leisure time is something else.

The essence of procrastination lies in not doing what you think you should be doing, a mental contortion that surely accounts for the great psychic toll the habit takes on people. This is the perplexing thing about procrastination: although it seems to involve avoiding unpleasant tasks, indulging in it generally doesn't make people happy.

I think in circles; I speak in circles. I unravel my thoughts that way.

All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.

Much of our brainpower goes unused, and many people could benefit greatly from optimizing their mental assets.

There's something messed up with my brain.

For decathletes, our event goes all throughout the day so you're trying to go up and down and up and down emotionally and physically and you know mentally you're just on a roller coaster.

Rehab is always up and down for the mind and for the body.

I had quite a turbulent upbringing. It was middle class, and everything was quite comfortable, but everyone was mental.

For me it has always been an uphill battle because my mind's always racing a mile-a-minute.

When it comes to physical strength, someone may have a stronger upper body than lower body, or a stronger right arm compared to the left arm. Similarly, we're likely to excel in some areas of mental strength while struggling with others.

I was frustrated I couldn't remember stuff, and I got real upset. It was driving me nuts.

People only see two hours of a tennis match where you're fighting and running and sometimes getting upset. There's a lot more than those two hours. Going out there and playing is actually the easy part.

It's what my friends always tell me, that I'm a strong person and the best. But my head has to be clear before I run so nothing upsets me.

So much of the game is mental, and that's one thing that I've always wanted to be good at. That if I miss a shot or make a bad play, to never let your opponent see that you are in duress or upset - that they've won in any way. So if I make a big game-time bucket or if I miss a shot, you'll see the same mannerisms. I move on to the next play.

I am probably a bit numb upstairs, which is sometimes a good thing.

It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.

Thinking is hard work; that's why so few do it.