Eddie Alvarez Quotes

For me, that's the biggest thing, if something holds me back it's my mental game so I really tried to focus on that and just worked on that.

I focus on myself, that's how I beat Wladimir Klitschko.

Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.

Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.

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

You could have all the tools in the world, but if you really don't want to be there, or if there's something that's off course that's playing on your mind... the game of golf is so mental, and if you don't have everything in the right order, it's very difficult to win golf tournaments.

I don't want to ever change my mindset and expect less of myself as a defender.

I believe a lot of techniques and stuff has to do with confidence, and I think as my confidence grows, everything else will grow as well.

You have to go out there and focus on yourself and not who you are up against.

That's usually the way I am - I don't care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.

I feel as if I was to strike on one thing that I was decent at was mentally where I prepared myself strongly.

You've just got to play yourself at the end of the day - just try and keep to your game, keep focused and if you can do that, you've got a good chance of beating anyone.

I just control what I can control. Getting better every time I step onto the floor.

No talking has ever gotten me out of my game. The things that have gotten me out of my game in the past have definitely not been talking.

We can't focus too much on the opponent, we have to focus on ourselves.

I'm always thinking about the private battle, even in the field. I'm always trying to be better than the other person I'm against.

That's been kinda my secret. You use everything off the field to help make you better on the field.

The mental game is what separates the good players from the great players. So anything I can do to get that mental edge to help me stay my best, I'm gonna try and do it.

The reason I started my transformation with the mind first is because you have to see it first and believe it before you start your journey. You have set your mind at a place called W.I.T. It's 'Whatever it Takes.'

Every round I have three little targets. Maybe it is just 'talk to myself properly' or 'stand up straight on the greens.' One day I might say, 'Don't talk to anyone.' On another I'll be a lot chattier. Or I might say, 'smile all the way round.' Little things. But little things turn into bigger things.

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

How does one gain confidence? It's just the repetitive nature of telling you how good you are. How good of a putter and chipper you are. How you've got this. You can beat the best players in the world. You've got all the talent. You just have to believe in yourself.

If you're competing right, if you're doing it right, competition should be a very selfish pursuit.

As fighters we want to do the best we can, so we visualize what we want to happen.

I think mental preparation is really important. Every day, you've got to imagine your goal.