Ernie Els Quotes

When the bull's-eye becomes as big in your mind as an elephant, you are sure to hit it.

We must condition the players. They need to get into the right frame of mind in the hours leading up the game.

I learned that if I put my mind to something vocally, I can pull it off. You just have to get your head-space right.

You should be relaxed before taking the free kick. You should have confidence in your ability and happiness that you are going to score a goal.

I have to believe in my process and I know I follow a certain pattern to score runs. I have to believe that I will be getting runs if I have a certain mindset and I know I will.

First and fore-most, you must have confidence. Your second mental problem is concentration. Think the shot through in advance before you address the ball. Draw a mental image of where you want it to go and then eliminate everything else from your mind, except how you are going to get the ball into that preferred spot.

When I'm starting a race, I just completely narrow down my vision and focus on what's directly ahead of me.

A good 80 percent of the vault is still physical and another percentage of it, 20, 25 percent is mental. Mental is always the mental strength, the confidence building up to that contest or repetition, practice, practice, and practice.

Sometimes I just get over-excited. I see the pitch and I think, 'I have to get this wicket.' When I am just looking to bowl, I am calm and composed, and most of the time I get it right. The ball lands where I want it to.

When I got to match point in the final I was afraid I'd be a little nervous, but I just said, You have to stay focused, just think about what you have to do.

Put a Post-It note on your mirror that says: 'Someone has to succeed. There's no reason why it shouldn't be me.' Repeat before every audition.

A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.

I used to be tense or nervous before heats. But I've learned to get rid of the negative stuff and just stay relaxed and positive - and it seems to be working for me.

Every once in a while I run the Olympic downhill in Japan in my head. I think of how the energy is going to flow and then I make it all work for myself.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference.

I'm a huge believer in visualizing achieving the task before it happens.

There is a need to be the best you can be. You can't panic; you concentrate. When I run up to the hurdles, I'm very nervous, but I'll tend to think about technical things to keep my mind focused.

I think about the game plan, and then I go through all the little things that are almost impossible to do. If you go through those things in your mind, you can do them.

Positive thoughts - get where you need to go by thinking you're going to get there.

It's interesting: I never got stressed before wrestling matches. I always felt completely confident that I had done everything I could do, all my mental preparations when I sat down and envisioned the match, so I never felt stressed.

One of my key mental fitness tips is to make sure you are aware of your target and develop a strategy - a routine that you can depend on while in the race. This is a crucial part of mental fitness and preparation.

I was worrying about how Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson or Josh Hazlewood would get me out and how I would counter it, but in doing that forgot how I was going to score runs and put pressure on them, which is what I'm good at. I have to be more focussed on myself.

Adrenaline is a huge deal. All of a sudden you start hitting the golf ball a little bit farther. You learn to stay within yourself and what you have to do to calm yourself down and stay within your game plan.

When you envision something in your head over and over again, it's like a movie placing you in that position, and once you are there you're ready.