Quotes About Mentality

Real poverty is less a state of income than a state of mind.

This book is, among other things, a summons to pessimism. What is needed now, and what it is especially incumbent on conservatives to provide, is intelligent pessimism that is more than a mere mood. It should be a mentality grounded in a philosophic tradition that has a distinguished pedigree, and that is validated by abundant historical evidence for this proposition: Nothing lasts.

Sticking to a routine helps you get in the zone for the match. I always put my left shinpad on before my right. When I go out onto the pitch, I take three hops on my left leg - but I don't know why I started. I must have seen Messi do it or something.

When we get in the red zone, we have the mentality that we're trying to get points. We're not satisfied with three points. We're trying to get touchdowns each time we get in there.

'Tis education forms the common mind; Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

There's a very fine line between a groove and a rut; a fine line between eccentrics and people who are just plain nuts.

The mental game is what separates the good players from the great players. So anything I can do to get that mental edge to help me stay my best, I'm gonna try and do it.

For what we do training, as a fighter, you have to be able to flip that switch where you turn into that savage, that guy that's prepared to go to war.

I don't have any fear of turning 30. But maybe that's because I know I'm never going to be 30 mentally at any point in my life!

No one turns up at Turf Moor thinking we are a soft touch.

I have a perfectionist mentality; I want things to be right. But I've had a little duel over the years with that mentality. Because it can inhibit you.

The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves.

I always look for a challenge. Maybe it's part of my mentality to create something special.

When our players come from somewhere else, they sometimes show happiness when the game is 0-0 or 1-1, but we were brought up in an environment where we have to win. We are not satisfied with 0-0 or 1-1. This is the mentality of Bayern Munich.

The tour of South Africa is a tough one and if you start thinking like this before it then it is not helpful for anyone.

We have to be mentally strong to prepare to face a team like South Africa in their own backyard.

Reykjavik has a mixture of southern and northern mentality. There's a laid-back, relaxed attitude but also the feeling things are going to get done.

Metaphysical thinking will always no doubt be a strong element in her mentality, and it is to be hoped that she will never lose her great, her sovereign powers in that direction.

It's true that the training and mentality in Spain is totally different to how it is in France.

SUSCEPTIBILITY TO NEGATIVE INFLUENCES.

Men take on the nature and the habits and the POWER OF THOUGHT of those with whom they associate in a spirit of sympathy and harmony.

Your mental attitude is the most dependable key to your personality.

A hardship mentality can make us narrow and defensive. A success and prosperity mentality can make us selfish. An attitude of thankfulness to God, for what He gives us, can make us truly generous.

I don't think I was a miracle man. Neither were Lou Holtz or Frank Leahy. We all found ways to win.