Johny Hendricks Quotes

You hit a bad shot, you have to get over it right there and then so you can get focused on the next one.

Thinking about the things that happened, I don't know any other ball player would could have done what he (Jackie Robinson) did. To be able to hit with everybody yelling at him. He had to block all that out, block out everything but this ball that is coming in at a hundred miles an hour and he's got a split second to make up his mind if it's in or out or down or coming at his head, a split second to swing. To do what he did has got to be the most tremendous thing I've ever seen in sports.

Sasha gets a raw deal from the press. She makes one mistake in her program and people rip her for not pulling it off when it counts. But she never falls apart. She never just completely folds and misses everything. Usually it's just one mistake.

In international sport you get distractions all the time, but at the end of the day that shouldn't affect how you deliver a ball or how you hit a ball.

Golf is a weird sport. Some days you got it. Some days you don't.

I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.

I'm getting more and more comfortable out on the golf course with the changes I've been making. It's really just a confidence thing in that I love being in contention.

Golf was my vehicle to competition, and I can't play if I can't compete.

Playing golf is like learning a foreign language.

Actually the adrenaline of the game will probably help me out a little bit to regain command and concentration about the things that I have to do.

As a competitor, you have to learn pretty quickly how to deal with pressure.

Name me one golfer that doesn't get frustrated.

Golf is all about patience - one tournament is four days long, 18 holes a day.

Whenever the heat's on, my whole life, I've just kind of learned to focus a little more.

I certainly don't think adrenalin coursing through your veins, is going to help with the fine motor skills of golf.

I want to keep playing good golf.

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.

You just don't have the time to worry about what others are doing. You just want to take care of your own business. You are focused on that tee shot on the 10th tee and making it to the finish line. It's one of the most stressful moments in professional golf, but you have worked so hard to get to that point, that it really is fun.

If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration.

I'll tell you what, I've been in some seriously bad places playing golf and it's just part of the game.

Look at Bjorn Borg or Jack Nicklaus. Those guys really concentrate. With the world on their shoulders, they're so absorbed with what they're doing.

Fans were booing me at one point. I just kept working, that's the main thing. I'm not going to let that deteriorate my game.

If you want to win in a tough place, you're going to have to make tough plays, you're going to have to get stops.

Me, personally, I thrive under pressure.

Fighting, especially at this level, is about getting through adversity. You position yourself mentally to go out and take on obstacles that stand in your way. In the Octagon and in life, you face tough situations and have every chance to quit, but the more adversity you push through, the more likely you are to be successful.