Athletic Mentality Quotes

Every time I'm on the court, I think I'm the best player. That's the mind-set a lot of players should have.

Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.

I never considered myself as a favourite in any hurdles event. I never took anything for granted.

For sure, with golf it's not a physically demanding sport like tennis. That's what makes tennis great - you combine both things. It's a very mental sport and at the same time can be dramatically physical. But I do admire the mentality of sport more than the physicality because physical performance is much easier to practice than mental performance.

A big hit is all part of the game. If you want to make a lot of big hits, you forget about the one you just made and move onto the next one.

A lot of fans were drawn to me because they knew that whatever the score was, I was going to run as hard as I could on every play. You don't have that now, you have guys waiting for next week or even next year.

I typically like to train with the mentality of a high-performance athlete. I put in the work and do what it takes to be successful. A typical workout routine consists of sprint-based training combined with strength moves two days a week. Along with the balance of total-body workouts that challenge my core and shape my body twice weekly.

There are a very few consistent, common threads among the most successful NFL quarterbacks. Most of them are intangibles, which you can't measure with a physical test. You need leadership ability, competitiveness, drive, and will. You need focus, poise, and charisma.

It's a really weird mindset to kind of try to take my mentality on the basketball court and bring it here on to the golf course. I don't want to have too high of expectations on, like, each hole, just try to enjoy the process, but hopefully get out to a good start tomorrow and be in the conversation and see what happens.

Most pro athletes are super competitive, super clutch, and they don't want to lose at anything.

I don't know about bullying and all of that stuff. That doesn't work in basketball.

My ruthless desire to win at all costs served me well on the bike but the level it went to, for whatever reason, is a flaw. That desire, that attitude, that arrogance.

I mean, I grew up an athlete training and training and training. So I kind of have that mentality.

I've had one or two personal trainers at different times - and it's expensive, first of all - but they always make me feel uncomfortable because they're jocks who just yell at you.

But I don't see myself as someone who needs to be managed or has to worry about injuries.

If you ask somebody who played basketball against me in the first grade and you watch a tape, it's been with me since I was a kid. I've always had this mentality to go out there and defend.