Eliud Kipchoge Quotes

Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

I don't have stamina in exercise... but I have it in life.

You play this sport in the mind, not only on the field.

Fighting, especially at this level, is about getting through adversity. You position yourself mentally to go out and take on obstacles that stand in your way. In the Octagon and in life, you face tough situations and have every chance to quit, but the more adversity you push through, the more likely you are to be successful.

In football, you have to be strong in the head. The mentality is important, and I do have this quality so I can keep going.

I think a big part of success in football is mental, not physical. How you are inside your head matters more.

The mind is the most important thing of the big picture and no one has a stronger mindset than amateur wrestlers.

There's no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It's all about heart.

Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.

I have the strength to endure it all.

Golf is 90% mental. Once you know how to hold the club, swing it, it's all in the mind.

I've been in a poor physical shape many times in my career and I've had some of my best results. My best performances happened because my mind was in the right place. The mind is definitely stronger than the body.

Any athlete has massive reserves in their body and their emotional landscape.

I'm really tough. It's a state of mind.

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.

No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

The difference between winning and losing is always a mental one.

I said in my mind, 'keep fighting.'

It's such a psychological and mental game, golf, that the smallest wrong thing at the wrong time can distract you from what you're trying to achieve.

Half this game is 90 percent mental.

My natural abilities weren't necessarily brute power and strength. They were more about the ability to endure and not give up.