Dwane Casey Quotes

There is a fear of emotion in tennis.

The pressures having grown up in this business can be really rough. And it is a testament to you that you have remained focused and NOT lost your mind.

If you're mentally weak, it can destroy you. Some guys who look talented lose and never come back.

I used to struggle mentally in these preseason games because you know you're not going to be in there long.

Wrestling is one of the hardest things, and it has nothing to do with the extremely hard physical part of it. It has to do with the psychological part of it.

A lot of it's mental - a lot of the juniors, once you break them or change the momentum, they go away very quickly.

Under pressure, you can win with your mind.

No one gets beat by 61 and then come out and plays flat the next game.

The mental focus it takes to compete against the best players in the world is not easy to maintain. Developing mental toughness is a learned trait, and if you can't develop it in your pursuit of success, you likely won't last in any competitive line of work for more than a cup of coffee.

Goalkeeping is very, very much about confidence and thinking you are the man.

I believe I am strong mentally. My breaking points might be bigger than most players. I think it's because of the way I grew up with my two older brothers. They pushed my limits quite often - once every day, I think! I think that played a big role in my breaking point being bigger than most players. Not all players.

I just want people to know I'm mentally strong.

You are not always going to have your A game; you might have your D game. You have to find a way to throw strikes no matter what.

You lose weeks of sleep over a bad game, and a bad game could be one missed kick. So the ones you make, you just try to build on the confidence with it, and the ones you miss, you try to get it out of your head as quickly as possible and try to make the next one.

You have to keep control mentally when you go a goal down.

In England, especially, mentally if you're not strong it can eat you up. There's the media, all the negativity surrounding footballers. If you're not mentally strong, it can eat you.

You go through mental preparation the night before the game and prepare for moments of trauma in a game when it happens.

I've always prided myself on being mentally tough, but just because you're mentally tough doesn't mean that what's going on between your ears is always good things.

Learning how to compete is one of the most important things that an athlete can do. You can train as well as you possibly can and go compete and completely choke.

The emotions can take you out of a game.

I just feel like I've been in a lot of high-pressure situations, and I think I'm able to stay poised in those situations.

Emotions were never the most important thing when I was at school; it was all about academics and this constant performance of pretending that you're okay and getting on with life.

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

The thing is, you don't ever want to have pressure turn to stress.

I think when it's a high-stress situation, my tennis definitely takes a big dip.