Simon Mignolet Quotes

Obviously kicking is very mental and if you do struggle it is a little harder to go out there with confidence, but the good ones, if they miss they can bounce right back and make the next one.

Even when I do miss easy balls I feel I can come back.

Everyone who's great - play any sport, tennis, basketball, football, volleyball, swimming, don't matter, everyone's failed. Everyone's gonna fail. It's how you bounce back.

It's no surprise that optimistic athletes, managers and teams do better. What's interesting is where they do better. It's in coming back from defeat and acting in the clutch.

Well, I'm lucky because, you see, I'll probably bounce back from this role.

We're stronger than we realize.

My life was falling apart and then to come out and play and have my best ever - 40 wickets, 250 runs... But the only reason I could do that was because of the way I thought and I think I'm pretty strong mentally. I think I am anyway, pretty strong to get over whatever it is.

You can't listen to every little thing that's bad or good said about you. I always used that - whenever I heard it, I used it as fuel to motivate me, man. That's how I was raised, whenever I came up.

The coaches boosts our confidence when we lose. They remind us that we have done it once before and we can do it again.

As a goalkeeper, you've got to have mental toughness, and that's one thing I'm good at.

You are not always going to have your A game; you might have your D game. You have to find a way to throw strikes no matter what.

I've always been a guy that, I don't know, just attacks pressure.

All players need to feel confidence from the staff, the players, the supporters. All need to be consistent in training and games to give their best.

I am very happy. And also, I want to come out to bat in this kind of tough situation when everybody in the dressing room is nervous.

Tough teams win when the shots are not going.

I'm not one to bow under immense pressure. I know how to deal with it. As a youth player growing up and playing for England, you deal with it then and get used to it. You just carry on into the bigger stages, and it has become natural to me.

Throughout high school and even my only season in college, a lot of people have been doubting me, saying I can't do this, do that, and I'm too small, but at the same time, I just focus on me and the team.

I'm not the first quarterback to have an off game. I won't be the last.

If you start badly, and the crowd get on your case, there is no way back. But if you start well and your confidence is high all that booing becomes music to your ears.

I just feel like I've been in a lot of high-pressure situations, and I think I'm able to stay poised in those situations.

If you let in a goal, you don't sink into your shell, you come out even harder and put people on the back foot, home or away.

Some people, they don't get a few takedowns, they start getting nervous, and they fade. That's just not in my character.

I'm lucky enough to be mentally strong, which I think is fundamental for a goalkeeper.

I never think about the knockouts. I go into every fight, do my work, and none of that stuff puts pressure on me at all.

For me to be a better player, I need to play more games, and having a gaffer I know has great trust in me gives me the confidence I need to help me improve my game.