James Anderson Quotes

I know my game pretty well, and that is the secret to success in most sports.

Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.

If people want to say nasty things that's a good thing in a way because it means people will underestimate me come fight night.

When I step forward on the floor, I have the confidence that I'm the best player playing that night and that I am the most prepared at what I need to be doing.

I'm not a big guy that watches technique from my opponents. I try to do what I do best and hope that my stuff is better than their best stuff.

Fortunately, the way I play tennis, I don't have to spend too much time analyzing or worrying about my opponents. I typically try to focus on my own game, and I know if I do that and execute, I can beat anyone.

You're able to see situations over and over again and just become comfortable in different decision-making situations. I think that comes with experience.

There's a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.

The first point is always to believe in it when you go on court and then you have the chances to win.

I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence.

Knowing the strike zone is very important, but I think the first thing is knowing yourself, knowing what things you do well.

Even though there are a lot of bright tennis players out there, you still have to protect yourself and save all your mental and emotional energies for tennis.

I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them.

You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.

If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.

I always save a few special outfits for the final rounds of a tournament, because they put me in a more positive mindset and I then make better decisions.

We're stronger than we realize.

I think that major championships are as much about attitude as they are anything else.

You know I need that cockiness, the self-belief, arrogance, swagger, whatever you want to call it, I need that on the golf course to bring the best out of myself. So you know once I leave the golf course, you know that all gets left there.

Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.

Four years ago maybe we thought we were inferior to Brazil, subconsciously we didn't see ourselves beating them. Now we believe in ourselves, we can be on the pitch with any team in the world and think we can win.

You don't win tournaments by playing well and thinking poorly.

Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can.

I'm aware if I'm playing at my best I'm tough to beat. And I enjoy that.

I think the biggest part of my game that's underestimated is the mental part of it.