John McEnroe Quotes

Everyone finds their little ways of getting past bad moments and everyone has them, it's football. We get the good moments and we get stick. You can start overthinking, it's human, everyone does it.

You need to be able to manage stress because hard times will come, and a positive outlook is what gets you through.

There's a way of dealing with hardships that are healthier than going out. That's what I've learned.

It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.

Dealing with depression effectively is a mark not of weakness, but of strength.

I work too hard to let something affect me that's already happened.

You're not always happy with things that go on in life on a daily basis. There's nothing I can do. You've got to deal with it and still take care of myself.

After an injury, I think you have to be strong mentally.

I've got a lot better at dropping emotions if something goes wrong, or right.

What I work hardest at is just trying to not let things get me crazy.

There's only two choices when life goes wrong. You deal with it, or you check out, and, like 90% of people, I go for the former.

I've used my sense of humor as a coping tool. It's gotten me through a lot of challenging times.

Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it?

I think I was as mentally tough as I've ever been. I felt like I handled the situation both on and off the court extremely well. I felt like I needed to.

Never wallow in your troubles; despair must be kept private and brief.

If I had a nervous breakdown every time something awful happened in the world, I'd be crazier than a shithouse rat.

Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me - choke those little bad days. Choke 'em down to nothing.

Moving to New York City and doing what I do, social anxiety is a really ridiculous kind of curse to have. But I met people along the way who deal with it - performers as well - and they are learning to deal with it daily and deal with it in different ways.

People are all vulnerable in so many different ways. We go into survival mode a lot of times.

Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive.

I have been dealing with illness and its manifestations since I was a teenager, and I think that gives me a very healthy respect for the things in life we can't control.

We all go through sad times, but I was brought up to be positive.

If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

Everybody is not completely traumatised by their life.