Jessica Parker Kennedy Quotes

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

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

I'd like to be more patient! I just want everything now. I've tried to meditate, but it's really hard for me to stay still. I'd like to try to force myself to do it, because everybody says how wonderful meditation is for you, but I can't shut my mind up. So patience and learning is the key.

I try to keep myself in what I'm doing and focused on character stuff, as opposed to getting wrapped up in worrying or being nervous. It won't benefit me, in any way, to focus on that.

I've learned that I've got to keep level-headed.

It is a challenge at times, but trying to stay centered and balanced helps me keep things in perspective.

The more externally chaotic the world becomes, the more we need sound internal logic, especially when it comes to our emotions.

You can't control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.

When I was much younger, I realized that when I was handling something very large, and I was on my own doing that, that my breathing rate would increase, and that would affect my ability to think as well as I normally would. So when that starts happening, I slow down.

You don't meditate once and suddenly your life turns around. What it does is it lets you train your brain to be able to become more stable in an action-oriented way.

You know how some people get worked up about things? That's a very human thing to do. Sometimes, I don't know - like, I feel like I don't want to waste my energy doing stuff like that. I think about this on the court, too.

I just try to play with more focus on myself; I don't worry too much about the other things that maybe gave me too much pressure in the past.

The biggest thing I tell the boys is control the heartbeat. It's hard to do, but we've gotta be able to control the heartbeat in big moments because it goes really quick. So just stay in that moment and focus on the moment, don't get ahead of yourselves, and just play the game that we've been playing all year.

I've learned that I can be calm during important points.

Even if sometimes I'm not happy with the way I'm playing the game before, during the changeover I have to stay calm. Otherwise the next game will be worse.

I just try to stay cool, calm and collected.

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.

Since I was a young kid, I have always been calm on the ball. That comes down to awareness as well. When you have good awareness and you know what's going on around you, you don't need to panic. There is no point. It just makes things worse. You have to stay calm, cool, and collected.

I know I perform best when I stay calm.

I'm not always really calm, but I try not to get taken away by things that are incredibly transitory.

The simple things in life ground me and keep me focused so I'm able to do a good job with what is in front of me.

I was in good control of my body, and I kept my head still.

Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check.

When you drive, you are doing several things at once. You are using your eyes, ears, hands, your mind. If you have meditated for many years and have reached a lofty height in your meditation, as I have, you can meditate while running and cycling and painting.

I do get angry some time, but if I let that feeling take over it would only cloud my thinking and disable me from making the right decision when it counts the most. I just try to think about my mother, children, God, and of course my freedom.