"Realize that the world is full of experts who have been proven wrong. If you want to find someone to doubt you, or locate a cynic, the search won't take long nor be difficult. Believe in yourself - even if you are the only one who believes in you." ~Jim Craig
Mental Toughness
Mental toughness is the ability to remain positive and proactive in the most adverse of circumstances….It’s built on doing the thing that is hard over and over again, especially when you don’t feel like doing it. Push through on your down days when you are not feeling your best. Distraction, discomfort, and difficulties are no match for the champion.
This dogged determination requires keeping your feet moving forward through inconvenience, substantial discomfort, and insecurities to reach your top goal.
Mental toughness can be demonstrated at a particular moment in time or over the long term, as in your overall career success. Doing the thing that is hard over and over again is like depositing money in your inner-strength bank account.
~Jim Afremow
Quote To Ponder ~Steve Young
"The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before." ~Steve Young
Quote To Ponder ~The Navy SEALs
"Deal with it." ~Navy SEALs
Quote To Ponder ~Bill Parcells
"Blame nobody, expect nothing, do something." ~Bill Parcells
Quote To Ponder ~Abby Wambach
"You cannot win at everything you attempt in life. You have to be willing to fail and fall flat on your face in order to get glory." ~Abby Wambach
Quote To Ponder ~Michael Jordan
"I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win." ~Michael Jordan
Quote To Ponder ~Henry David Thoreau
"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate … Continue reading Quote To Ponder ~Henry David Thoreau
Quote To Ponder ~Muhammad Ali
"It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen." ~Muhammad Ali
Quote To Ponder ~Mia Hamm
"The most important attribute a player must have is mental toughness." ~Mia Hamm
Quote To Ponder ~Dan Millman
"The time is now, the place is here." ~Dan Millman