Viswanathan Anand Quotes

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

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

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.

It's hard because you want to be able to just, okay, focus your energy on trying to win the match, but you need to then have tactics as to how you're going to deal with how you're feeling.

The worse you're performing, the more you must work mentally and emotionally. The greatest and toughest art in golf is "playing badly well." All the true greats have been masters at it.

The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation.

I think rugby is 80 per cent mental.

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.

Half this game is 90 percent mental.

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

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

For me, it was very important to be part of a boxing film that actually explores the psychological aspects of the sport, more than just the physical aspects. I haven't seen boxing movies very often that really go so deep into the minds of the boxers. It really puts out how much it is about strategy and tactics and technique.

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

Psychological edge is massive in sprinting.

How prepared we are mentally is very important.

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.

Fear isn't in my vocabulary in terms of how I approach a fight.

The battle to win - on the pitch and in the boardroom - begins and ends in one's head.

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.

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

Learning how to compete is one of the most important things that an athlete can do. You can train as well as you possibly can and go compete and completely choke.

Many people ask, 'What do you need mentally to succeed in F1?' I say, 'What do you mean mentally?'

Just knowing you can get into a cage and do that is part of how the mindset of a fighter can be applied to pretty much any situation really.

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.