Jessie Vargas Quotes

I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.

I think I get going because I try not to put added pressure on myself because a lot of times, you can be very good at what you do, but when you get ready, you have to be prepared to get it going.

The best time to practice mental rehearsal is at night in bed, just before you fall asleep. The last thing you do before you doze off is to imagine yourself performing at your best the following day. You will be amazed at how often the upcoming event or experience happens exactly as you imagined it.

I am a big believer in visualization. I run through my races mentally so that I feel even more prepared.

We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.

I learned that if I put my mind to something vocally, I can pull it off. You just have to get your head-space right.

Everything in your preparation, in your mind is we're gonna win this game. You don't really even think of the other side.

I just don't worry about any moment. I just worry about kicking well.

If you can see it, and believe it, it is a LOT easier to achieve it

I picture success and winning. The body has a physical response to mental images of winning.

When the bull's-eye becomes as big in your mind as an elephant, you are sure to hit it.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

I feel less adrenaline in my body now, but more in my head. I tried to be at my best, and I succeeded.

A good 80 percent of the vault is still physical and another percentage of it, 20, 25 percent is mental. Mental is always the mental strength, the confidence building up to that contest or repetition, practice, practice, and practice.

I do believe that belief is the most powerful thing we have in this world. So, if we believe in something enough. And we have faith, we can make it a reality. That is basically the basis of my entire career and my entire life.

I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen.

A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.

But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.

Concentrate, play your game, and don't be afraid to win.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

I'm a huge believer in visualizing achieving the task before it happens.

If you want to be successful when you play, you have to be free in your mind, and that happens if you know that everything is taken care of - you just focus on the football.

I think about the game plan, and then I go through all the little things that are almost impossible to do. If you go through those things in your mind, you can do them.

Positive thoughts - get where you need to go by thinking you're going to get there.

I was worrying about how Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson or Josh Hazlewood would get me out and how I would counter it, but in doing that forgot how I was going to score runs and put pressure on them, which is what I'm good at. I have to be more focussed on myself.