J. D. Martinez Quotes

Twenty-five minutes is a long time to stay focused. It's really something I had to work on to go in there and not get complacent for 2 seconds or 5 seconds or 1 second. That's all it takes.

When I play my match, everything else is completely not in my mind anymore.

Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.

Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching.

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

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

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.

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

You have to listen to the anthems, allow the emotion to come, but then need to snap back into the match and your specific task.

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

I know how to zone myself in and just play the game.

It's all about mentally staying in the moment and not losing concentration and trying to back up every day.

Stay focused when you're playing alive, so you're not distracted by something going on.

You have to stay fresh and blank in your mind when you go out to bat. You complicate things, and you're gone.

What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want it to do.

So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.

Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.

In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.

Focusing isn't just an optical activity, it is also a mental one.

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

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.

I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.

The more you play baseball, the less depends on your athletic ability. It's a mental war more than anything.

Selective amnesia is a good thing to have. So is good focus.

In tournament football, you cannot dwell on things for too long.