Dan Jenkins Quotes

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.

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.

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

I know how to prepare my head.

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

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.

Everyone knows how to play tennis, but it's the mind that really controls everything.

The mental aspect of golf is what makes golf such a great sport.

Half this game is 90 percent mental.

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

Obviously, I have to continue to get better with the mental part of the game.

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

Golf is so mental. It gets my mind right before the game.

My dad is the person who taught me how important the mental side of the game is. He studied kung fu growing up and he taught me how to meditate when I was a kid.

The mental game is what separates the good players from the great players. So anything I can do to get that mental edge to help me stay my best, I'm gonna try and do it.

The mental part of the game, being able to free up on the tennis court, is much easier said than done.

I'm always thinking and so even if I'm not on the golf course I'm mentally thinking.

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.

Freedom from mental distraction equals power. Body mind masters eventually come to the realization that this and every moment, on or off the field, is the moment of truth.

Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course... the space between your ears.

Feel is the most perplexing part of golf, and probably the most important.

Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching.

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

I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon as I see the targets, I tune them out.

To win Grand Slams you have to be in the right frame of mind, the right physical shape.