Rob Gronkowski Quotes

I prepare for every game the same.

I've learned over the years that it doesn't matter where you pitch in the rotation. For me, preparation is everything.

I'm always mentally photographing everything as practice.

The secret is to listen, open your mind, listen to the pros. With the help of the UFC's Performance Institute, too. Listening to my coaches and listening to my body, too. Having discipline. It's not just listening, too, because sometimes people have the knowledge but don't know how to use it. You need to be able to put that to practice.

I make 18 three-footers after every round. It's just something that helps me focus on routine, and helps me hear the ball go in the hole. It's something I do every day.

I always practice as I intend to play.

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

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.

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

If I'm trying to rebound after a bad hole, I just go back to tempo and process and rhythm, and I cling to my routine.

You have to train your mind just as much as you train your body.

You try to get mental reps through the eyes of others, then it's your job to kind of get your reps through your eyes. So that's kind of what I do.

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.

Put yourself into every situation in training and against every style of bowling, and do that for hours and hours and hours. Then when you get to a match, it's almost instinctive the way you play because you've done it so often in training.

Every day before the game, I know what I want to do. The days I feel off, it's knowing what it is I want to do and getting it back.

My dad is the person who taught me how important the mental side of the game is. He studied kung fu growing up and he taught me how to meditate when I was a kid.

Every rider trains their muscles but few train their brain.

From the neck up is where you win or lose the battle. It's the art of war. You have to lock yourself in and strategise your mindset. That's why boxers go to training camps: to shut down the noise and really zone in.

How you practice in nets matters a lot.

Everything is mental, but if you just remember to stay with your same technique, you will be fine. If you stay confident, make sure you are doing the same thing over and over; the free throws will fall.

You have to train your mind like you train your body.

I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very sharp, in-focus picture of it in my head.

It's all about concentration and repetition. That's all it is.

Concentration is born on the practice court... you must mentally treat your practice sessions as matches, concentrating on every ball you hit.

My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.