Jae Crowder Quotes

I talk to myself all the time. Just make sure you answer.

I do talk to myself, just not in a whisper. But I have caught myself sometimes.

When you talk to yourself, at least you know that someone is listening.

I'm just trying to grow. That's one thing I told myself is, 'Don't worry about who people say is the best player.'

One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody's listening.

I talk to myself, especially in the car.

I talk to myself a lot.

There's no harm in talking to yourself, but try to avoid telling yourself jokes you've heard before.

The words you speak are powerful. Especially the words you speak to yourself.

If it's dangerous to talk to yourself, it's probably even dicier to listen.

First, do enough training. Then believe in yourself and say: I can do it. Tomorrow is my day. And then say: the person in front of me, he is just a human being as well; he has two legs, I have two legs, that is all. That is mentally how you prepare.

Have you ever had one of those moments when you look up and realize that you're one of those people you see on the train talking to themselves?

You should tell yourself frequently 'I will only react to constructive suggestions.' This gives you positive ammunition against your own negative thoughts and those of others.

The only one who can beat me is me.

Everyone has highs and lows that they have to learn from, but every morning I start off with a good head on my shoulders, saying to myself, 'It's going to be a good day!'.

I have two bowls of confidence for breakfast each morning.

A lot of people think this is a goodie two-shoes talking. But we do have a tendency to complain rather than celebrating who we are. I learned at my mother's knee it's better to appreciate what's happening... I think we kind of talk ourselves into the negative sometimes.

When I'm down, I talk to myself a lot. I look crazy because I'm constantly having an argument with myself.

If you ask another competitor, they may tell you they felt very competitive towards me. But I can tell you that my biggest competition was myself. There's only so much you can do, right? There is only so much energy that one has. My focus was on how do I get the best out of myself.

Any person I idolise, or I really admire their work, I want to beat them... For me, going through my years, I made sure to idolise myself... So when you're in a race, you have to make sure that you think you are the favourite to win. You have to have that confidence.

I talk to myself all the time - it's something my children have observed in the car.

You have to go out there and focus on yourself and not who you are up against.

I have many aspects of my game I need to improve, and that's what I am focusing on. I prefer not to say what they are in public - for me, it's a secret, and I just want to work hard.

Every player has to figure out what works best for them. So yes, I like the way I work, and if that gives me a competitive edge, that's great and if it doesn't that's okay too.

Something I worked very hard on, especially last year, was being more outgoing on the court: recognising good points I'd played and trusting myself and my skills on the court. The fist pumps weren't necessarily to let my opponent know I was here, more to let myself know that I'm here.