Justin Verlander Quotes

And I know it's an old cliche, but winning and being in a winning position breeds confidence - cliche or not, it's still true.

I basically try to visualize the team doing good things on the court the night before the game. I get shots up. There's not actually a pregame ritual that I do. I'm still trying to figure that out. I say a prayer. I go out with confidence.

I am never wrong when it comes to my possibilities.

Confidence isn't optimism or pessimism, and it's not a character attribute. It's the expectation of a positive outcome.

Tell me why is it easier if you know the number one? You prepare as though you are number one anyway.

I know how good I can be. I'm not being big-headed. I think all players have to have that confidence and self-belief.

I'm going in with the mentality that I'm going to win. If you don't go in there thinking that, you've already beat yourself.

Before the game, getting guys in the right mindset and confident - you play well when you're confident. People can say 'cockiness' or whatever, but there are results when you play with a confidence and you believe in yourself.

Confidence is the key to virtually everything. It's just deciding that you're qualified because once you decide you're qualified, everything else becomes very easy.

The most important thing is to know that you can do it.

When I do interviews, I always go in with the attitude that something good can happen from it.

Promise yourself success at the beginning of each day, and you'll be surprised how often things will turn out that way.

When your image improves, your performance improves.

The most important thing is to believe in yourself and know that you can do it.

Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have.

Prepare yourself for the worst, and the best will always happen.

We show up. We do our best. Good things happen.

Once you realize that there are no geniuses out there, you can think, "I can do that". One reason I've succeeded is that I have that naïve sense of entitlement.

I prepare myself well. I know what I can do before I go in. I'm always confident.

Believe in yourself. If you don't believe in yourself, you can't accomplish your goals. Know that you can do anything and anything will happen.

If you know what you want, you can find a way to get it.

You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.

In our own lives, having a mind-set of expecting to win increases our odds of winning. It helps us get better results. And better results help us increase our credibility and self-confidence, which leads to more positive self-expectancy, and more winning - and the upward cycle continues. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Positivity helps produce better results.

It's all about you, Colie." She touched one finger to her temple, tap tap tap. "Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine." There is something infectious about confidence. And for that one moment, with my eyebrows burning and my eyes watering, I believed. "And good hair never hurt either.