Dominick Cruz Quotes

I always work on my mind and my game.

Always staying focused is something that's been very tough for me. I'm still working on it.

You have to make sacrifices. You have to work out, to be relaxed in your mind, to focus on what you're doing.

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.

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

I love athletics and martial-arts and competition because it gets me right and puts me in the right place.

I can control my attitude, and I can control my game.

I want to be great, I want to fight the best guys, I want to test myself, I want see what my limits are. I don't think a lot of guys in this sport really have that mentality.

Something I learned early in college (is) to not worry about what I can't controlBut what I can control is my attitude, my effort, my focus every single day and that's what I'm trying to worry about.

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.

I kept telling myself this word, process. Focus on my process, don't care about the result.

And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble.

If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved.

Victory in physical battles requires strength, muscles, and skill; but the fight is never tougher and victory is never sweeter than in the battles over self.

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

I just have to concentrate on doing what I do.

I always had a sense of discipline in me. However, there was a time when I couldn't divide my time properly between off-field things and on-field assignments. The focus would be missing at times, and that would affect my preparation for matches. I managed to change that.

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.

Actually the adrenaline of the game will probably help me out a little bit to regain command and concentration about the things that I have to do.

Kids will come into my boxing gym with no discipline, and then you teach them how to focus and love what they're doing, which then travels outside into their home and work life.

I've used my time at 'GH' to learn some discipline.

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

I have always heard that uber-successful people who write books about how to become uber-successful all have one thing in common: They all meditate every day. I consider yoga my meditation.

There's steps that I've taken already, and each week, talking with the sports psychologist on a routine basis and working with the different programs that we're going through. This is all stuff that you can say you're going to make a difference, but I'm putting it into action.