Psychological Readiness Quotes

I daydream too. I visualise. I think ahead, I can do it now, sitting here. I think ahead to the walk-in, I can hear the crowd, the music, I can feel the cameras all around me, I can feel movements in my body as I am heading there, I can bring up that incredible feeling you get when you step into the cage.

Confidence comes from being prepared.

First and fore-most, you must have confidence. Your second mental problem is concentration. Think the shot through in advance before you address the ball. Draw a mental image of where you want it to go and then eliminate everything else from your mind, except how you are going to get the ball into that preferred spot.

For weeks past he had been making ready for this moment, and it had never crossed his mind that anything would be needed except courage. The actual writing would be easy. All he had to do was to transfer to paper the interminable restless monologue that had been running inside his head, literally for years.

At the highest level the first two yards are in your head.

The readiness is all.

One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.

We have to be mentally prepared for every team we play. If we play a team who has a big name on their chests, then we are going to come out ready. But if we play a team who doesn't have a big name or a star player, we have a hard time coming out ready.

I think it rather fine, this necessity for the tense bracing of the will before anything worth doing can be done. I rather like it myself. I feel it is to be the chief thing that differentiates me from the cat by the fire.

When I have a match to play, I begin to relax as soon as I wake up. Everything I do, I do slow and easy. That goes for stroking the razor, getting dressed, and eating my breakfast. I'm practically in slow motion. By the time I'm ready to tee off, I'm so used to taking my time that it's impossible to hurry my swing.

So much of what you do physically happens because you've thought about it and mentally prepared for it.

I often find that getting head issues out of the way first makes the heart stuff easier to work on later.

Thought precedes action as lighting does thunder.

Whether it's boxing, basketball, or badminton, one must be ready to succeed before entering the arena...long before the lights come up.

The difference between acting badly or brilliantly is not based on your ability, but on the state of your mind and/or body in any given moment.

I prepare myself well. I know what I can do before I go in. I'm always confident.

The 3 key components for success are as follows: Psychological Preparedness Physical Conditioning Mental Toughness

There is no fear. There are only two things. Trained and untrained.

I think about how a guy mentally prepared himself to do battle, to go out and face the pitcher. I think so many hitters do not know how to get themselves prepared to play or hit against a pitcher. You have to mentally be prepared to hit against all pitchers.

The word dropped like a stone on my still living breast. Confess: I was prepared, am somehow ready for the test.

I like to say that before we can create an external space in which to receive people, we have to create an internal space in which to receive them.

Once you are prepared and you think you have every angle of preparation covered, you have to go for it.

Some people's developmental path has not equipped them to stand up and let go of something.

When I walk into bat, I should know that 'Yes, I've prepared to the best of my ability. I couldn't have done anything better.' That is when I feel that I am ready to go out and play.