Tom Daley Quotes

For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.

In the NHL, 95 percent of success is confidence.

You work every day technically, physically but so much is in the mind. Look at when players go on big scoring runs, then stop scoring. It's not that they are any different physically, it's very often mental, confidence, concentration.

What makes a really great fighter is a combination of ingredients: one is everything physical that you can do, and the other is what's mentally there for you. And I think that comes down to how big your heart is and what's driving you.

Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching.

Every night you have different match-ups, and you have 82 games, so physically you are going to get tired. You have to be ready mentally to bring your energy and bring the juice every night.

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.

A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players' performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength.

He helps me every day to do my exercises. Siegfried told me once, 'The one who is a hero is the one who can hang on just one minute longer.'

Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure.

When there's somebody racing side-by-side, when somebody's right next to me and they're pushing and we're both tired, we're both fatigued, I want to be able to beat them mentally.

You play this sport in the mind, not only on the field.

With moderate physical training, you can control anything in your body. You don't have to be an athlete to do it, and this isn't just about people with disabilities - it's about everyone. You just have to have the willpower, the mindset, and the desire to want to better yourself.

To me, I'm going out there focusing on competing, not worrying about cardio or anything like that.

I learned, for me to play at my best, I need to play with an edge.

Even though I have bad qualities in my personal life, as an athlete, I can turn it on.

I know how to zone myself in and just play the game.

Don't think about the 50 reps ahead of you, just the next 5.

I'm always staying motivated because, as training camp goes on, practices become more intense, harder, and shorter. It's a mental thing, too, not only physical - you have to stay mentally sharp and stay focused on the task in front of you.

I always say that mentality is a crucial aspect in a football environment.

My father talked about training as being more about the human spirit than just about your muscles.

You already have everything you need to be a long-distance athlete. It's mindset, not miles, that separates those who do from those who dream.

Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.

When I'm starting a race, I just completely narrow down my vision and focus on what's directly ahead of me.

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.