Wladimir Klitschko Quotes

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

One of the hardest parts of this game, and what I don't think people understand, is the mental side of it. They think, 'Oh, he's a big, stronger guy.' But let me tell you, and I believe this without question: It's not always the biggest, strongest, meanest, toughest-looking who gets the job done.

My mind is strong.

If you want to break through, your mind should be able to control your body. Your mind should be a part of your fitness.

The more mental strength you have, the better. If you look at some of the best players that we have seen over the years and that I have been playing with, mentally they are the best competitors as well, something I have worked hard on.

I may not be the most physically tough player, but I think mentally I'm right up there.

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.

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

Human power is to be reckoned less by physical vigor than by mental strength.

Your mind is just like your body. It's a muscle you can train and get better at.

If we think about physical strength and that women lack in it, we must understand that in a tough situation, mental strength is more important than physical power. So, women are equally strong for combat roles.

The mind is a very strong thing.

To play at Real Madrid, it is not enough to just have football quality. You must be mentally strong.

Running is a mental sport, more than anything else. You're only as good as your training, and your training is only as good as your thinking.

The mind always fails first, not the body. The secret is to make your mind work for you, not against you.

The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.

The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation.

In my opinion, the power of the mind in sport is vital. If you can overpower those physical risks mentally, you can get your body round it physically. I've made my body do things because of my mind that it shouldn't have been able to do.

I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.

Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

I see the beauty in boxing. It teaches me strength physically, but mostly mentally. I had to learn my strength, because for so long I could have been tougher than I was.

I think the biggest part of my game that's underestimated is the mental part of it.

I think the game is so mental. If you sit around and you're mentally strong, you're ready.

I think I'm blessed with a pretty tough psyche.