Francois Hougaard Quotes

Half this game is 90 percent mental.

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

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

A lot of the high-level sports are really in your mind.

The mental side of sports, it's huge. It's such a massive part of the game.

For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.

The difference between winning and losing is always a mental one.

I think the game is so mental. If you sit around and you're mentally strong, you're ready.

The mental aspect of kicking is the difficult part. Physically, we still have to be in shape and perform on the field, but the thing that separates the ones who make it versus the ones who don't is definitely the mental side.

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.

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

I definitely have been working a lot on the mental side of my game.

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

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

The more mental strength you have, the better. If you look at some of the best players that we have seen over the years and that I have been playing with, mentally they are the best competitors as well, something I have worked hard on.

I believe in greater self-sufficiency. International sport is tough, no doubt, but there shouldn't be too many crutches. In most cases sports psychologists are crutches, and they tend to soften rather than harden the players.

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

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

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

When you reach that elite level, 90 percent is mental and 10 percent is physical. You are competing against yourself. Not against the other athlete.

I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one.

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.

I know if I want to have a chance to beat the top players, I need to be mentally ready for that.