J. R. Smith Quotes

Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have.

For me, that's the biggest thing, if something holds me back it's my mental game so I really tried to focus on that and just worked on that.

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

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

Half this game is 90 percent mental.

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.

What it takes to win on the road, it's all mental focus. You have to believe that you can win.

I'm more about mind over muscle. My mindset needs to be the fittest, because it drags my body through whatever needs to be done. A lot of people neglect training their mind and their self-belief, but I believe that's crucial.

Obviously kicking is very mental and if you do struggle it is a little harder to go out there with confidence, but the good ones, if they miss they can bounce right back and make the next one.

I'm lucky enough to be mentally strong, which I think is fundamental for a goalkeeper.

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

There's a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.

The first point is always to believe in it when you go on court and then you have the chances to win.

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.

I played a lot of sports when I was a kid so I get in that ballgame mindset of being really, really respectful, but at same time saying to yourself, 'Don't back down a single inch, hang with these guys if you can.' If they throw it high and tight you have to stand in there, you can't take yourself out of that moment.

Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching.

You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which 'clicks.'

Most people miss the great part mental outlook plays in this game.

I've been in a poor physical shape many times in my career and I've had some of my best results. My best performances happened because my mind was in the right place. The mind is definitely stronger than the body.

Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.

I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my own mind.

Self-love is a big part of golf.

If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.

Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.

The wavering mind is but a base possession.