Jim Mattis Quotes

The mind is the greatest weapon in the world.

You don't win tournaments by playing well and thinking poorly.

My best asset to my game is my IQ. I play the game thinking the game first.

I think more with my head - things are 90 per cent in your head, and everything else comes after that.

If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to so so from the neck up instead of from the neck down.

Our brains are either our greatest assets or our greatest liabilities.

I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.

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

Don't leave home without your sword - your intellect.

Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.

Human power is to be reckoned less by physical vigor than by mental strength.

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

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

How prepared we are mentally is very important.

In football, 80% of the game is played in your head; the other 20% is physical and tactical.

The mind is a very strong thing.

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

If I had to identify the one skill set shared by most by the men who become part of the SEAL teams... it would be sheer brainpower.

I've always been good at handling stuff mentally.

Remember though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp -provided it's loaded.

The dumber you are on court, the better you're going to play.

When I watch kids play basketball, they don't know how to think the game. They know what it should look like, but they don't know why.

These little grey cells. It is up to them.

When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions.

Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.