Tom Herman Quotes

I learned long ago to focus on things you can control and don't even pay attention to things you don't.

Learn to take responsibility for emotions, and to manage energies, always working within present resources.

All pressure is self-inflicted. It's what you make of it or how you let it rub off on you.

We talk to our players all the time, 'Just control what you can control.' It's no different in life.

Well, the only pressure is what you put yourself under.

I don't torture myself.

I don't lose my temper. I used to, but I realised I would probably die of a brain hemorrhage. So I've governed myself not to mind about things. I have no road rage or anything like that. Because it's life-shortening. And also, there's no need for it; it uses up energy.

I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.

I have to leave the games now if the announcer says something I don't agree with. I'm thinking, 'Peyton, it is not healthy to be all worked up before a game.'

Sometimes we need to tell ourselves that we're not going to do certain things, just in order to stay sane.

I struggle with control.

I try to keep away exterior events that are going to make me do something negative internally to myself.

I am an obsessive personality. And if you are an obsessive personality, you need to be aware of it and be able to drive it with success. There are moments in your life when you are driving it well, but you shift and you shift badly and you hurt yourself.

I have an issue with rage. I'm going to work that out, long term.

People say, 'Jay, you're a great guy, you just had a couple of bad nights.' People that have themselves under control don't have a couple of bad nights like that. Plain and simple.

I am not the type of person who lets the pressure get to him. I try to see it as my friend. I align with it to calm me down.

We can't determine our emotions, but we can choose our attitudes and actions.

Angry or not. It's a human emotion. But you can't walk around being angry all the time. What a dull person you'd have to be!

I control my anger.

I've just got to keep a balanced head and stay focused.

I just try to play with more focus on myself; I don't worry too much about the other things that maybe gave me too much pressure in the past.

I can't worry about external factors, I have to focus on myself.

You can feel up, you can feel down, and you have to keep your emotions kind of somewhere to be focused on the next ball.

I get quite stroppy if I lose - but I've developed skills with a mind coach to help deal with the highs and lows of tennis at this level.

That's the mindset I'm in, is do what I can do, do what I can control, and stay productive. I feel like it can get depressing really fast, being home and not having anything to do. I think being productive is important.