At day's first light have in readiness, against disinclination to leave your bed, the thought that "I am rising for the work of man."
I don't give a f***. We're not fighting. I don't care what anyone thinks about me. All the stuff I have to do outside the fighting, the promotion, this, I don't give a f***. But when I am facing up for a fight, I know what they're thinking. I can read their minds. When I am going face to face with an opponent, nose to nose, I can smell the fear, and I'm feeling no fear at all.
I hibernate. I hibernate until the next project takes shape in my mind.
Preparation is very important. The pitcher is going to do his job and prepare for you, so you as a hitter must do the same. I always watch videotape of pitchers before the game and even sometimes during.
Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind.
Begin with the end in mind.
Every battle is won before it is fought.
I always add a year to myself, so I'm prepared for my next birthday. So when I was 39, I was already 40.
There is a difference between WISHING for a thing and being READY to receive it. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief.
When I'm training for a fight, I'm not the same person that I normally am when I'm at home. I'm always thinking about fighting. I'm doing it day in and day out. Pretty soon, my personality starts to change. My temper's a little bit shorter, I don't have a lot of patience for a lot of things.
You can’t just say that you’re committed to creating the best year of your life and expect it to stick. You have to make a conscious effort to allow this commitment to become part of your internal belief system.
I am always nervous before the start of a race. It helps me to say to myself to try my very best. That is my commitment. No matter how bad it gets, I will try my hardest.
I'd say the challenge of DHing is going to be learning the routine and to stay loose and stay warm and kind of be ready for it.
Sometimes I might be sleepy, and sometimes I've literally been sleeping backstage, woken up, gone straight on stage or gone crazy. It's not like I psyche myself; I don't do any of that.
Pitching is always a weird, difficult thing.
Training-wise, you have to work on your weaknesses, preparing yourself properly for the game, on and off the field.
In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one.
When I don't play international cricket, I sharpen my skills at the NCA.
When I'm training, I cater a little bit to my opponents.
Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.
I just try to focus in to what I'm supposed to do at the line and shoot the basketball.
You've got to turn over every stone; you've got to look for every advantage. You need to make sure you're doing everything you possibly can, not just on the field but off it, to give your team an advantage - from having a sleep expert coming to talk to your team to having an independent analysis of your team done.
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
Music can bring about different vibes on the field, off the field, urban life, going to church, leaving church. Everything the world may bring, there's a song for it to put you in the right frame of mind.
The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!
