James Anderson Quotes

After you have won a game, you can maybe smile for a minute and then you have to think: 'How can I recover as quickly as possible.'

In tournament football, you cannot dwell on things for too long.

I don't think I'm going to dwell on one pitch. You've got to be able to shake that off in the middle of the game.

Whether you're a quarterback and you just threw a pick, or you're a corner and you just got beat for a touchdown, you've got to have a short-term memory, shake it off and play the next play.

I think the mental aspect of the game is huge.

If I miss a shot, make a turnover - move on to the next play, don't compound the mistake by getting down.

Obviously, I don't want to be too emotional. I just kind of want to use my energy on the court so I can just be able to be effective on both ends of the floor.

I cannot let my opponents get into my head.

My mentality is that no matter how good or bad the previous play was, move on to the next one.

Every good tennis player has to have a short memory. Good or bad.

It's hard because you want to be able to just, okay, focus your energy on trying to win the match, but you need to then have tactics as to how you're going to deal with how you're feeling.

The artful pitcher must take the inevitable peaks and valleys of pitching in stride and never give in to the batters or lose sight of his/her own strengths.

For me, mental toughness is the ability to stay focussed in the present irrespective of what is happening at the match.

I'm not going to make every shot. I'm not going to get every block. I can't let one play affect me the next two or three times down the court.

I'm about great competition. That's why I can have a great smile beforehand and connect with the crowd, and then, when I get in the ring, I flip that switch.

The mental part of the game, being able to free up on the tennis court, is much easier said than done.

I feel like if I play my game then I can beat anyone on my day, so there's no pressure.

People used to talk to me about that and say, 'Rom doesn't play with passion.' I do, but I don't show it too much because in my mind, I'm a guy that thinks a lot about how to win the game. Sometimes I let the emotions just come now, and it helps me.

When our backs are on the wall, that's the time when we enjoy having fun, relax out there, do our thing, don't get the pressure on, see the results, day by day, game by game.

I expect to beat everybody I play. It's kind of that quiet confidence that I have inside that I try to present to the opponent without getting too overboard. Because there are times when I seem composed, but inside I'm losing my mind.

It's easy to become angry, but when you get better, you channel your energy into the game.

You think of Brady, you think of Rodgers, Roethliseber, Eli Manning. They're icemen. They have no feelings - none. They're able to concentrate on a snap-by-snap basis.

Everything that comes with the game, I think I will handle it extremely easily. I don't let a lot of that outside stuff bother me.

I approach every match with that mindset, that this guy is trying to beat you, and it will change his life if he does.

It really doesn't matter honestly to look at the scoreboard where it's 20 runs and 2 wickets down or 200 runs, 2 wickets down, because... if you're positive inside it really doesn't matter. It just requires different planning sometimes.