Kelly Slater Quotes

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.

Half this game is 90 percent mental.

I think a big part of success in football is mental, not physical. How you are inside your head matters more.

The mind is absolutely instrumental in achieving results, even for athletes. Sports psychology is a very small part, but it's extremely important when you're winning and losing races by hundredths and even thousandths of a second.

To win Grand Slams you have to be in the right frame of mind, the right physical shape.

For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.

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

Some players aren't able to show their ability in Europe, but some players can - I think the most important quality in the successful players is that they are mentally strong.

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.

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.

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

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.

I developed a mechanism so that whatever mistakes I made, I would bounce straight back. Whatever was happening off the pitch, I could put it to one side and maintain my form. Call it mental resilience or a strong mind, but that is what we mean when we talk about experience in a football team.

Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.

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.

I think that major championships are as much about attitude as they are anything else.

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

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

I think, mind over body, it's real.

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

The mental side of sports, it's huge. It's such a massive part of the game.

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

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

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

Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have.