Mental Edge Quotes

In terms of playing ability there is nothing to choose between number one and 100. Instead, it's a question of who believes and who wants it more? Which player is mentally stronger? Which player is going to fight the hardest in the big points? These are the things that determine who is the champion.

Yeah, I think it motivates you as people start to count you out. It doesn't make you play any harder, because every time you go out on the field you give 110 percent, but it does give you more of an edge mentally, knowing that you were in the same situation, because in sports you always find yourself behind.

There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

I mean I don't want to feel inferior to any other golfer in the world. You know if you do that, then you know you're giving them an advantage, you know, right off the - you know, right from the start.

A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

If they think we've got an edge, we've got an edge.

When I hit, I felt I was in control of the home-plate area, and it was important that I felt that way. If I let the pitcher control it, it would give him an advantage.

I think that's the biggest thing in this sport is when you prepare, you have extra confidence.

I think being a little nuts is helpful.

Psychological edge is massive in sprinting.

I work from almost a dangerous place in my mind sometimes.

It's a massive difference when you play in front of full stadiums; you can sense the buzz around the players, and it helps us get that extra one or two per cent that may be the difference in games.

You've got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.

Being a great physical athlete is wonderful, and you need it at this level to be able to train and prepare accordingly. But the closer it comes time to perform, the ratio switches. When you're in camp, it's 90 percent physical and 10 percent mental. But as you get to fight night, it's the opposite.

When a man keeps beating me to the draw mentally, he begins to get glamorous.

There's obviously games and a history you have with guys that maybe you're a little more fired up to let them know if maybe you beat them on a play.

A lot of the high-level sports are really in your mind.

I lull them into a false sense of security by watching me pitch... If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball.

I think more of my tennis is more to do with the mental side of things rather than technique or, you know, tactics or anything like that.

I know, when I'm 30 or 31 years old, I know I'll be productive because I don't depend solely on my athletic ability to get open and get yards. It's more my mind.

Zaphod felt he was teetering on the edge of madness and wondered if he shouldn't just jump over and have done with it.

The mental side of sports, it's huge. It's such a massive part of the game.

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.

Golf is so mental. It gets my mind right before the game.

The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid, and if he is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid.