John Bingham Quotes

I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who just works really hard at trying to get better at golf.

The big picture is the Trials and Olympics. I just have to keep focused for that, keep moving forward.

I'm definitely a reps guy. I'm definitely a mental guy, so when I'm out there and I get the opportunity to practice, it means the world to me.

In football, you only work for the things you can control. You cannot control the outside world: you can only control your preparation; you can only control your performances.

As an athlete, it's very important to have an open mind and to be willing to learn.

An athlete may run ten thousand miles in order to prepare for one hundred yards. Quantity gives experience.

I always try to keep in mind the I do all that training for a reason, which is to compete to the best of my ability.

Have your dream...What you need now more than anything is discipline. Cast off mere words. Words turn into stone. (from Thailand)

If you are not willing to work hard and establish discipline in your life, then all your dreams are merely pipe dreams.

With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.

I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing.

I'm fortunate that my job gives me the motivation to be as fit as possible. I wound up in a profession that requires physical and mental preparation, so I get to prepare like an athlete for everything I do. I'm living the dream, man.

Success for an athlete follows many years of hard work and dedication.

Too many athletes don't have the ability to set a goal and then carefully go towards it.

What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the proper training techniques and perseverance could be successful.

I don't think my natural talent is much different to the other gymnasts. It is a matter of how I train and how I think about my training. I also give a lot of thought to my routines.

Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.

In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.

From the age of 6, when I won my first race in skiing, I was on the national ski teams, really until Olympics in '72, so I always had a lot of discipline and commitment to achieve as much as I could in good way. Competitiveness doesn't stop when you stop skiing.

I was never the most technical wrestler. But my coaches definitely instilled in me the belief that if you can push yourself and practice smarter than the other guy, you can beat him.

It's the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.

To be the best, you need to be the most well-trained and well-prepared athlete you can be. The pressure is going to be all around you. You just have to make sure that your body and mind is fine-tuned. Then you go out there and do it.

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It's something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, 'How did you get to where you're at today? How did you get to where you're running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?'

You can only do so much in the gym or pool. Seventy per cent of it is physical, but the final 30 per cent is down to the mental capacity to actually control what you can do in competition.

I know what it takes to make myself perform.