Rory McIlroy Quotes

All I can do is control my preparation process from both a physical and mental stand point.

A lot of can't deal with life because they lack the patience to become who they want to be.... Everything happens by process. If you don't go through the process to get it, you don't have the power to keep it.

By staying focused and flexible, you will meet and exceed your major life-forming goals. Success is not a resting-place - it is a launching pad

There are two ways in which we may attain control over our activity. The first is confidence in the power of our own will; to know that if we have failed today, tomorrow we will not do so. The second is to have our eyes wide open, and to watch keenly our activity in all aspects of life. It is in the dark that we fall, but in the light we can see where we are going.

Always staying focused is something that's been very tough for me. I'm still working on it.

In the end, it's a mental maturity to let your best come out.

I've developed a self-discipline since the time I was a child.

We can become anyone we want to become. It takes focusing on the aspect of ourselves we want to change and reflecting on the beliefs that cause us to act in ways that are counter to the change we seek.

I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it's a good problem.

I'm here in the present, and I want to make sure I don't stumble on my own feet.

There's always room for improvement. That's my mindset.

My mentality is still the same. I have to continue to get better.

Once I dedicated my time to mixed martial arts, I became careful about what I let into my mind. I made a goal of being the best on Earth in mixed martial arts and fighting. I wanted to build my mind into something good, not just of the world. I wanted to be different.

I don't need to tell stories about how I prepare or manage myself.

I just try to keep level-headed and try to improve every day.

As always, I keep my head up, look objectively at all the matches I played, see where I can improve, bits and pieces, and, you know, get ready as quick as I can.

On those days when you don't want to get up, I think, I'm going to get through my entire practice without saying how tired I am or I try not to complain just because I was in a bad mood when I woke up. Even if it's not perfect and I slip up, I can catch myself and make myself of aware of where my mental space is at and move on.

I never prepare according to how I feel for a fight. I always prepare to be a better me.

I'm a perfectionist and I've always been interested in growing and I think that has given me the mental fortitude to continue.

I always try to see my weakness, work on it, to be better as a person and a player, everything.

Something I learned early in college (is) to not worry about what I can't controlBut what I can control is my attitude, my effort, my focus every single day and that's what I'm trying to worry about.

That's basically what I have people do, I have them become aware. Once you set a goal, once you become aware of something, it becomes part of your consciousness.

When priorities are proper, the power to endure is increased. And when internalized, those priorities will help keep you from "going overboard."

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.

Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains.