John McEnroe Quotes

The thing that makes the great players great, and that separates players from different players is, when you going out there whether being prepared or not, you have to react. And if you're thinking, you're already a step behind.

As an athlete there are times in your career where, during a game, any decision you make seems to be the right one. The bowler bowls where you want, you don't have to think and you are so 'in the zone' that you are not aware of anything else around you.

Every time I catch the ball, I'm seeing a lot of bodies. The key for me is not to force.

I try not to overthink things. If you think too much, that's when the mistakes come in. Keep it basic is what I've been doing well - winning my headers and making sure I win my one-v-one battles. Often, your natural instinct tells you whether to hold or go.

Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything.

The calmer thought is not always the right thought, just as the distant view is not always the truest view

When I feel lost and can't make a decision, I just stop and get quiet. I take a time-out.

Focus is a matter of deciding what things you're not going to do.

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.

I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast.

You can't hit what you can't see.

A nose that can see is worth two that sniff.

When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.

If you are doing mindfulness meditation, you are doing it with your ability to attend to the moment.

I know I have pretty good instincts.

Golf is a spiritual game. It's like Zen. You have to let your mind take over.

My goal, with whatever I'm working on, is to lose track of time.

I have confidence in people's basic common sense.

I had an instinct before and maybe now I don't have that instinct as much as knowing what to do, what shots to hit, where to place the ball, things like that.

When I model I pretty much go blank. You can't think too much or it doesn't work.

The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.

Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee... I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now.

Intuition is the wisdom formed by feeling and instinct - a gift of knowing without reasoning... Belief is ignited by hope and supported by facts and evidence - it builds alignment and creates confidence. Belief is what sets energy in motion and creates the success that breeds more success.

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.