I was able to play alongside, in my opinion, the best hitter with Miguel Cabrera and kind of watch the way he goes about it and the way he looks at situations, when to try to drive a ball versus when to shoot a ball.
I don't think my intelligence is naturally analytic or political.
There are a few players who don't like to think about the game.
Do not seek Adolf Hitler with your mind. You will find him through the strength of your hearts.
Just go out there and play football. Don't make it bigger than it has to be.
You are only an attitude away from success!
I didn't need to write historical epics, no, or science fiction, though I read a lot of science fiction as a kid and rather liked it. But I didn't have the mentality.
It isn't important what formation is on the field, but rather our attitude.
To me, every play counts. To me, how I play in individuals, how I play in practice, that's how I'm going to play in the game.
Take a friendly attitude toward your thoughts.
I think the most important thing I work on is just my mental approach to every day, my mental approach to the game. How to come in each and every day focused, doing what I want to do, I think that's just the biggest issue.
I think musically.
Regarding the psychological, your goal must not be "I need to lose X pounds" but "I'm going to regain my identity," whether as an athlete, a conservative, a sexual being, a together person, whatever.
I try to be as quiet as I can at the plate, but still aggressive.
It's important to have the right strategy. I can't commit to things or fight like I used to. I can't just bang it out. I have to be more intelligent in training and in fighting.
Successful people don't have any fewer problems than unsuccessful people; they just have a different mindset in dealing with them.
The secret of success is to make your mind work for you - not against you. This means constantly being positive, constantly setting up challenges you can meet - either today, next week, or next month etc.
Hitting is an art, but not an exact science.
As I see it, the thing that hurt my putting most when it was bad, was thinking too much about how I was making the stroke and not enough about getting the ball in the hole.
For amateur golfers, I think one of the biggest mistakes is to model their play on professionals.
It's not what happens to us that makes the difference in our lives. What makes the difference is our attitude towards what happens. The idea of luck is a powerful way of illustrating the importance of our basic attitudes in affecting whether or not we find our Element.
To pursue a man effectively, it is best to begin with his thinking.
It really doesn't matter honestly to look at the scoreboard where it's 20 runs and 2 wickets down or 200 runs, 2 wickets down, because... if you're positive inside it really doesn't matter. It just requires different planning sometimes.
Your attitude is everything, and it determines how you experience every aspect of your life
Instead of playing to win, I was playing not to lose. It reminds me of the story I once heard about two friends being chased by a bear, when one turned to the other and said, "I just realized that I don't need to outrun the bear; I only need to outrun you.
