Jon Taffer Quotes

Confidence is believing in your own ability, knowing what you have to do to win. My confidence was developed through preparation.

Every time I step up to the plate, I expect to get a hit. If I don't expect to get a hit, I have no right to step into the batter's box in the first place.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Whether I'm 0-for-10 or 10-for-10, every time I walk to the plate I believe I'm going to hit a missile.

If we start without confidence, we have already lost half the battle and we bury our talents.

Stop thinking of failing.

Think doubt and fail. Think victory and succeed.

Every time I pull somebody out of the bullpen, I believe he can do the job. I have to believe it. If he doesn't, hopefully he will do it the next time.

When you don't win games, yeah, you lose confidence. That's normal.

It's a funny business. I kind of compare it to baseball. I'm always looking for a home run.

I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all that mattered.

I was able to overcome my failures because I was always confident of my abilities and was sure I could achieve what I had set out for.

I try to keep my confidence on the charts, but I'm a confident guy as well. You've got to be that way. If you don't think that you're the best, then you won't perform that way.

Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass.

I have only one superstition... Touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

I don't think anybody should do what they do in hopes of being successful. But I always expect myself to be successful at things. And if I'm not, I feel bad. I don't care for failure. I've failed at a number of things, and it's not my favorite state of mind. So I prefer success.

If my barrel meets the ball, I think good things are going to happen.

Thinking positively and confidently changed my life. If you stay consistent and work hard, you can be successful for a long time.

If you just play your game, the stats will come.

When you don't have results it is very difficult for players to have that high confidence.

You have to believe in yourself. If you don't, things can go wrong both on and off the pitch.

I had great trouble believing in myself, so I didn't believe in my success - I didn't enjoy my success, which I thought was insane.

I always had confidence in my game.

If you score runs against an international attack, the self-belief automatically increases.