Famous Quotes & Sayings

That was the nerves of his first major-league start. Everything speeded up on him. The next time, he realized, 'That's not me. That's not who I am.' It was a whole different mentality from the minute he got to the ballpark. He warmed up better, he was focused, he was concentrated.

Mariano Rivera

We can't just go there and play around. We have to go there with the mentality that we have to win.

John Brady

We just didn't think he was mentally as sharp as we needed him to be.

We wanted to make sure mentally we were ready and weren't still thinking about the Phoenix sun.

Olli Jokinen

We have to mentally ready to play every night, and tonight we weren't.

The difference between winning and losing is always a mental one.

Buck Showalter

You don't do what he has done over a long period of time and not have some mental toughness.

You just don't want to go into that bye week having to use it to get healthy. You want to use it to get better and mentally prepared.

You just can't do that. We just can't have those mental mistakes.

I think more than anything it has been mentally draining,

Just a big shot -- a reflection of his mental toughness.

Most of the pressure we saw Saturday we had seen before. We just had some mental breakdowns. You see that sometimes in your first game.

I think this team is mentally strong enough to overcome it. We have to.

I woke up the next morning about 8 o'clock mentally ready to play. The same thing with Sunday morning, waking up early. The mindset was to get up, get the day started and go to the game.

Maria Sharapova

When it's that hot, just mentally you've got to be so tough.

We really need these next two weeks. We can use the practice to be stronger mentally in the future.

Ben Jones

We did not produce our strongest game. There were too many mistakes by us and we did not mentally really get into the match. They put us under a lot of pressure.

Richard Jefferson

We're not very mentally tough. We're not very physically tough. It's consistent. At some point in time you've got to get mad.

I was taken off-guard by our start. I thought our team was prepared mentally and emotionally. As much as they spread the field, there's a lot of running room. Even if you play perfectly.

I was surprised that he played. He's a strong kid, mentally and physically.

Retief Goosen

I worked on my temper and worked with Jos from 1998 to 2002 on the mental side of the game.

Malik Rose

He's just one of the most mentally tough players I've ever seen.

He seems to be doing better than I did with it, and I thought I did pretty well, ... His mental toughness is second to none, and that's what'll get him over the hump.

He's got that winning mentality and we need strong characters.

We're prepared for this, physically and mentally .

We've got to get tougher mentally and physically. If you want to play at this level, you have to get tougher.

I actually had a 17-pitch at-bat one time. The problem with long at-bats is that you typically miss pitches you should have hit, so you can't get into a mental game.

He wants us to come out showing a lot of energy, play hard, no mental mistakes.

He just doesn't make a lot of mental errors,

He teaches me to become mentally prepared and tells me to work hard.

Shane Mosley

He is making a big mental mistake by trying to look past me trying to get to Oscar.

I am disappointed in how we played. I really think it's a mental block. We were so keyed up, we had a letdown.

Maria Sharapova

I feel like I'm mentally tougher out there,