Zach Johnson Quotes

You have to listen to the anthems, allow the emotion to come, but then need to snap back into the match and your specific task.

At the end of the day you have to keep emotions away.

No, nothing really upsets me.

I think I'm really good at forgetting about golf when I'm off the golf course.

Emotion is a good thing, but top level football can be tough, and you have to be in control.

I've learned that showing your emotions can work against you and that you need to have a business-like attitude to observe things with a cool head.

I would say I stay pretty calm. Don't let the game get too fast on me. I try to keep my emotions in check, I guess, so I don't show that anything fazes me out there. And I try to take it one pitch at a time.

There is no room on the golf course for anger or self-pity.

It is not right to vex ourselves at things, for they care not about it.

There is no room in your mind for negative thoughts. The busier you keep yourself with the particulars of shot assessment and execution, the less chance your mind has to dwell on the emotional. This is sheer intensity.

I let my personal feelings take care of themselves. I find that works better.

Being cool is when you win, you don't get too happy; and when you lose, you don't get too mad.

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

I don't think it's good to be sentimental, so I try not to be.

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.

Staying composed, focused, and effective under pressure are all about your mentality. People who successfully manage crises are able to channel their emotions into producing the behavior that they want.

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

We believe it is bad or dangerous to be carried away by our emotions. We admire the person who is cool, who acts without feeling.

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

I know how to prepare my head.

As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I'm trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger.

The successful golfers - they're like astronauts or pilots. They have that demeanor that they can focus and stay within that one moment and nothing distracts them. That's not me.

People always say golfers don't smile. But there is so much psychology in golf so we have to be a bit robotic.

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.