Joe Root Quotes

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.

You have to be prepared to take a spill.

It's a hard life as a professional cricketer. It's not as easy as everyone makes out. To survive you need a tough hide.

I’ve worked as a leader for many years and I’ve always trained myself to be prepared for the worst.

I have a high tolerance for pain - both physical and mental.

A government must always be prepared for the unexpected.

You might be tough, but you can only be so tough for so long, you know what I mean? The brain can only take so much damage. The body can only take so much damage.

What the SEAL teams do, what our training does, is it chips away the outer that layer and shows you what you're capable of and not capable of.

You can never make the mistake of underestimating an opponent, especially in the Champions League.

Boxing is a lonely sport and when you lose it's hard to take and it's hard to get over.

When you are a coach, you are watching how the team is positioning itself on the field - if your team is in possession of the ball, you are already anticipating what could happen if you lose the ball.

In a sport that's as close as tennis, I feel like anything that you can do to give yourself an edge is definitely worth doing.

I had to play the cards that I was dealt to get better mentally, physically, and push myself to limits that I didn't think I was capable of.

The Special Ops community has always been about mental toughness.

The thing that's so tough about 'Broken Skull Challenge' is you're going head-to-head with another human being who may or may not be stronger than you and may or may not want it more than you.

Always plan, but never plan on your plans.

I go out there, and I know if I play my game, then I'm going to be all right.

I'm constantly trying to be strong, to be calm when things get tough. The biggest part of that is keeping things in perspective, not being afraid of playing long matches, not putting too much pressure on yourself. It can't be all or nothing, right here, right now.

In tournament cricket, with a new opponent each game, I think you actually need to play to your own strengths more.

We try and play football in a positive way. Any team has to be defensively organised, but you have to look at the attributes of the players and play to their strengths.

The only way to get to that next peak is to be ready for that next valley. Being raised Irish, you know to always be ready for the bad times.

Tactically, Italians are very strong. They are a lot into tactics: how to defend, when you lose the ball, where will you be?

I stay in the middle and my team-mates can go to attack.

It's more of a mental sport because I know I can push harder than someone who doesn't know what his body can do.

The way I dig in to push myself through mountain climbs is totally psychological. I'm not designed to do that stuff. It's mind over matter.