Amy Poehler Quotes

Anybody can play decent golf like me, but people trip on their own minds. They need to create a little distance between what they think and what they do.

At the end of the day you have to keep emotions away.

Basically, I have to stop overthinking.

Give them your brains, girl, never your guts.

If I'm having relentless thoughts, I just won't shut up in my head. I know that if I put myself on the mat and just focus on a flow that I will transmute or I will transform, transfer the energy into some other act or put my attention somewhere else, I'll be back. I'll feel stronger not only in my body but most certainly in my brain.

SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one's life, without being influenced in one's decision by any inordinate affection.

I don't have a belief problem, I have a focusing weakness. I focus on what's loudest instead of what feels best.

I like to play what I call a-motional golf. Emotion doesn't grab me that much.

I let my personal feelings take care of themselves. I find that works better.

I do get angry some time, but if I let that feeling take over it would only cloud my thinking and disable me from making the right decision when it counts the most. I just try to think about my mother, children, God, and of course my freedom.

You have to fight the green monster with your mind, not your fists.

Negative emotions will challenge your grit every step of the way. While it's impossible not to feel your emotions, it's completely under your power to manage them effectively and to keep yourself in a position of control. When you let your emotions overtake your ability to think clearly, it's easy to lose your resolve.

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.

You can learn not to want what you want, to recognize desires but not be controlled by them.

Fighter pilots have ice in their veins. They don't have emotions. They think, anticipate. They know that fear and other concerns cloud your mind from what's going on and what you should be involved in.

There have been many occasions when I found it helpful to talk out loud to my own thoughts, ordering the unwholesome ones to go off somewhere and jump into the river.

You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing things with logic. True power is restraint. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass.

It's important not to think too much about what you do.

I think, mind over body, it's real.

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

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.

Being able to control your mind is a beautiful thing.

Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have.

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.

If you are humble, your concentration will be very high. That's the way to go in sports.