Aaron Judge Quotes

I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much.

I like to have fun, but there are moments you need to show yourself, and that, for me, is on the pitch.

When you walk out of your apartment, you think about performing; you do not think about how your opponent looks. So I think the advice from me to everybody is just to go out there and have fun.

Concentration is born on the practice court... you must mentally treat your practice sessions as matches, concentrating on every ball you hit.

You rewind. You think of your preparation. You think of everything you did throughout the week, your life, the practices, the intensity. Everything flashes, and you come right back to that point. And it's like, game on.

When you're in between the white lines, the game face is on. I was only focused on the task at hand - out, safe, ball, strike - leaving little time to think about how special a player, moment or game happened to be.

Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.

Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching.

When I compete, I tell myself to be calm. It's not something that's the rest of your life. You're in gymnastics for fun.

Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball.

So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.

The bat is not a toy, it's a weapon. It gives me everything in life, which helps me to do everything on the field.

But, you know, I just want to play well and have fun playing well.

I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon as I see the targets, I tune them out.

I just want to play baseball.

I'm very serious about what I do. I practice every day for three hours. I work on my scales; I work on my tone. But otherwise, I like to have fun.

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

I've learned over the years that it doesn't matter where you pitch in the rotation. For me, preparation is everything.

I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused on what you're doing.

I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.

I still take it seriously, but once I go out there I think I've got more relaxed and I think it shows.

If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

I think baseball is a very fine game, and you have to enjoy it. You have to go out there and have fun.

I think of the important things: how to prepare, how to practice, how to prepare to practice.