Doug Baldwin Quotes

So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.

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.

When I'm starting a race, I just completely narrow down my vision and focus on what's directly ahead of me.

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

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.

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.

You prepare yourself by concentrating on what you have to do out on the field.

A lot of my intensity in wrestling was due to my mental preparation before the matches. I got myself into a different world.

When I'm preparing for a swim, I imagine absolutely everything about it: the color of the water, how cold it is, the taste of salt in my mouth. I visualize each and every stroke.

Golf is 90% mental. Once you know how to hold the club, swing it, it's all in the mind.

Before a race, I block out what's going on in the stadium. It's different for everyone. But for me, I've always been able to block it out. For a sprint race, it's important not to get distracted.

I know how to prepare my head.

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

The patience that goes with the game, the little things that go along with the game, you have so much more time to think in golf than you do in football - you have to keep your thoughts positive. I'm not sure I've got that mastered.

The successful golfers - they're like astronauts or pilots. They have that demeanor that they can focus and stay within that one moment and nothing distracts them. That's not me.

Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference.

I learned early in sports that to be effective - for a player to play the best he can play - is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.

Before a match, I need to be alone. I need to reach concentration and focus on the game ahead of me.

Look at Bjorn Borg or Jack Nicklaus. Those guys really concentrate. With the world on their shoulders, they're so absorbed with what they're doing.

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

The only thing I want to think about the moments before a race is competing. I don't want the little things to distract me.

Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up.

To me, I'm going out there focusing on competing, not worrying about cardio or anything like that.

When I am on court, I am so focused on what I am doing, that's all I think about - trying to win the next point.