Lukas Rosol Quotes

Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.

Golf is played between the ears and if you are not 100 percent focused on what you are trying to do, then people will go past you no matter who you are.

Once you are on court, everything is different. I focus on the match.

It's all a mind thing, just all mental. You have to know going into the game you have to play at a high level, as many minutes, stuff like that. It's just all mental. You get yourself mentally prepared for it and go out there and play.

It's not only about a game and tennis, but it's more about the mental things sometimes.

Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play. And if you put all the plays together like that, then you'll come out on top.

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

I know how to prepare my head.

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

When I am on court, I am so focused on what I am doing, that's all I think about - trying to win the next point.

For me, every tournament is important, and I feel that if I don't go into them with 100 per cent focus, I will not be ready for the Grand Slams.

You can see when people's locked in and they are ready mentally, and when they are not.

The mind has to be right and the work has to match the mind.

On the pitch, I need to stay focused, alert, and be ready to face my heart-racing moment with confidence.

I can't be getting off my game. I need to be getting teams off their games.

I know how to zone myself in and just play the game.

It could be very costly if you don't have a clear mind during a tournament.

Concentration is the magic key that opens the door to accomplishment.

When you walk on a court, clear your mind of everything unrelated to the goal of playing the match as well as you can.

What you concentrate on largely determines the quality and quantity of the results that you get and the success that you enjoy.

I would tell players to relax and never think about what's at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you've lost your focus.

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

Obviously, a lot of things play on your mind when you're batting. This might happen and this might not. The best thing you can do when you're batting is not to think too much, and wait for the next ball.

You rewind. You think of your preparation. You think of everything you did throughout the week, your life, the practices, the intensity. Everything flashes, and you come right back to that point. And it's like, game on.

My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.