Brian Lara Quotes

When I get scored on or something doesn't go my way, I think of what I'm able to do and I'm reminded that I'm capable of doing it. I'm honest about myself - I know I'm not going to stop everything, so I don't try for perfection. I'm going to try to get there, but I know I'll never be perfect. I think that helps me to deal with everything.

I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I'm not feeling good - work on technique or something like that.

I know there's millions of problems in the world, but if you dwell on those, then you're going to be miserable. I think my meditation helps me to transcend and get beyond the grip of all the negativity and regenerate from within a more positive attitude, which comes in very handy when you're going to do 150 concerts a year.

I think things hit me very hard, and I wish I had allowed things to roll off my back a little bit more.

It is a challenge at times, but trying to stay centered and balanced helps me keep things in perspective.

I'm like a recovering perfectionist. For me it's one day at a time.

I'm surprised that I've survived my own dysfunction, really.

When I wake up in a bad mood, I try not to stay in one. Learn to make the best of what you have.

Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

Don't let the good days get to your head, and don't let the bad days get to your heart.

I'm learning what triggers me. What to stay away from. What I do like and what I don't like. To me, I've learned so much about myself that now I'm a stronger person. But I still deal with anxiety. Anxiety doesn't go away.

I believe, as human beings, we sometimes indulge in self pity more than it's necessary. Over my life's journey, I have realised that overthinking about your problems and indulging in self-pity is not the answer to get through tough times.

For me, all my negative thoughts that I have about, 'How did you miss that pitch? Why did you miss that pitch? You shouldn't have missed that pitch.' I just kind of sit there and kind of crush it up, and once I'm done doing that... I just kind of toss it aside.

When I'm having a tough patch I always try to focus on good things.

I've really been working on the emotional and internal issues that made me eat in the first place. It's been a real journey.

Although our inattention can contribute to our lack of total well-being, we also have the power to choose positive behaviors and responses. In that choice we change our every experience of life!

Cardiac depression is very powerful; it's very black; it's very dark. What I've learned to do is get out of my head and get into my heart. And it just sounds like an easy thing - it was difficult at first - to truly recognize moment to moment how fortunate I am.

The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.

I don't torture myself.

I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses.

Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.

My own nature hovers between neurotic and paranoid. I've developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day.