Martina Navratilova Quotes

I definitely have been working a lot on the mental side of my game.

The NBA is 95% mental and 5% physical, so it's more in my favor now with me being older.

The most important attribute a player must have is mental toughness.

I think rugby is 80 per cent mental.

A lot of the high-level sports are really in your mind.

For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.

I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one.

Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.

Half this game is 90 percent mental.

I think the biggest part of my game that's underestimated is the mental part of it.

I think the game is so mental. If you sit around and you're mentally strong, you're ready.

Sports psychology or mental training has been viewed as a weakness, and I think that's a pretty silly way to look at it.

The mental side of sports, it's huge. It's such a massive part of the game.

The pro game is about confidence.

I think more of my tennis is more to do with the mental side of things rather than technique or, you know, tactics or anything like that.

One of the hardest parts of this game, and what I don't think people understand, is the mental side of it. They think, 'Oh, he's a big, stronger guy.' But let me tell you, and I believe this without question: It's not always the biggest, strongest, meanest, toughest-looking who gets the job done.

Many people ask, 'What do you need mentally to succeed in F1?' I say, 'What do you mean mentally?'

The more mental strength you have, the better. If you look at some of the best players that we have seen over the years and that I have been playing with, mentally they are the best competitors as well, something I have worked hard on.

I used to have a saying that when a player is at his peak, he feels as though he can climb.

I should say that mental strength is No. 1, experience [is] No. 2, physical strength is No. 3, and genetic ability that you're getting from Mother Nature probably comes after.

To me, when you got a 20-year-old running back or 21-year-old receiver that's just coming out of college and you're out working these guys, age really don't matter. So it's easy for me to see what it is. People say it's all about age, but to me, it's mind over matter.

There is only a half step difference between the champions and those who finish on the bottom. And much of that half step is mental.

A fight is 10% physical and 90% mental.

Every player has their doubts in their self, but they need support.

Everyone knows how to play tennis, but it's the mind that really controls everything.