Alex de Minaur Quotes

I know how to zone myself in and just play the game.

Twenty-five minutes is a long time to stay focused. It's really something I had to work on to go in there and not get complacent for 2 seconds or 5 seconds or 1 second. That's all it takes.

Most important was to remain focused and always have presence of mind.

I think I'm really good at forgetting about golf when I'm off the golf course.

I've trained all my life not to be distracted by distractions.

I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.

If you are humble, your concentration will be very high. That's the way to go in sports.

When I play my match, everything else is completely not in my mind anymore.

Choose one meditation and then put all your effort in it. That effort has to be very regular because will is created only out of regularity. It has to be very persistent and a continuity has to be maintained. Even to miss for one day is to destroy much - and at least one hour every day has to be given to it.

Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.

To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment.

Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching.

But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But above that requires training.

Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.

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

I think the most important thing I work on is just my mental approach to every day, my mental approach to the game. How to come in each and every day focused, doing what I want to do, I think that's just the biggest issue.

Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure.

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 have to listen to the anthems, allow the emotion to come, but then need to snap back into the match and your specific task.

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.

It's not only about a game and tennis, but it's more about the mental things sometimes.

Keeping my focus on what's important - inside the Octagon and out - is never lost on me.

Once I dedicated my time to mixed martial arts, I became careful about what I let into my mind. I made a goal of being the best on Earth in mixed martial arts and fighting. I wanted to build my mind into something good, not just of the world. I wanted to be different.

I'm very militant with my state of mind. I'm very task at hand and I don't let any interference ever enter my mind.

Sting is much better at switching off than I am. He can concentrate and meditate whatever might be going on in the room and is far more disciplined.