Trent Alexander-Arnold Quotes

As a top player, you have to keep your emotions in check. You think you can control everything.

I'm good at keeping on top of my emotions and not letting them influence the fight.

There is a fear of emotion in tennis.

Even when I wasn't playing, I always had a smile on my face because if I acted sad or mad, it wouldn't help me.

Even if sometimes I'm not happy with the way I'm playing the game before, during the changeover I have to stay calm. Otherwise the next game will be worse.

Of course, fighting is one of the most emotional things that you can possibly do. You have to constantly deal with your emotions, especially myself. I have so many that that's where I get my energy from. But it's a matter of controlling them, and yeah, I just don't let nothing affect me.

Emotional self-control is the result of hard work, not an inherent skill.

I like to play what I call a-motional golf. Emotion doesn't grab me that much.

My strength was that I am more balanced and calmer than most other riders.

You have to fight the green monster with your mind, not your fists.

You try to hide your emotions, so as not to show weaknesses to others. I believe it's the same for every sportsman.

Indeed, the best way to think of willpower is not as some shapeless behavioral trait but as a sort of psychic muscle, one that can atrophy or grow stronger depending on how it's used.

I don't really get too high or too low. I think when you have a big tournament, that's the important thing: managing emotion.

The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance.

Negative emotions will challenge your grit every step of the way. While it's impossible not to feel your emotions, it's completely under your power to manage them effectively and to keep yourself in a position of control. When you let your emotions overtake your ability to think clearly, it's easy to lose your resolve.

Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them

It's just a game. I love it. And yeah, I get frustrated, but I try to not let it get me too upset. I mean, I don't get upset over bad shots or anything like that.

My mental strength was definitely a weakness back in the karting days, and I've worked hard on that to be as ready as possible for whenever I had the chance in F1.

Mentally, I am quite good at self discipline.

You know how some people get worked up about things? That's a very human thing to do. Sometimes, I don't know - like, I feel like I don't want to waste my energy doing stuff like that. I think about this on the court, too.

If I'm mad or showing my frustration, the whole team's gonna be like that, techs, and people are going to go down. So I just try to keep the even keel. That's why I don't get too high or too low. I've been playing like that my whole life. It's just natural for me.

I get quite stroppy if I lose - but I've developed skills with a mind coach to help deal with the highs and lows of tennis at this level.

Yeah, I get frustrated. But I try not to let those frustrations get out into the media or get out onto the court in my play.

I want to show I can control my emotion and aggression and stay calm.

Being mentally strong is something I've always been very good at and sometimes you just have to dig a bit deeper.