Collin Morikawa Quotes

How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf. There are countless things we can work on and think about in the swing, but when it's time to play in competition, you don't want to think too many thoughts.

The big trick in putting is not method; the secret of putting is domination of the nerves.

Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference.

As a batter, I just try to put myself in a bubble, not letting anything in from the outside, looking only at how many runs I can score.

As I see it, the thing that hurt my putting most when it was bad, was thinking too much about how I was making the stroke and not enough about getting the ball in the hole.

Do you agree that when there's tension and an obsession to want to hit the ball is when you hit it worst? You have to be loose.

As soon as he thinks about the record, he's finished. The secret is to put it out of your mind.

Sometimes on sets, I shut down, try to focus.

Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.

Self-consciousness can destroy a performance. Getting rid of that is always good.

Before a race, I block out what's going on in the stadium. It's different for everyone. But for me, I've always been able to block it out. For a sprint race, it's important not to get distracted.

I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon as I see the targets, I tune them out.

I still take it seriously, but once I go out there I think I've got more relaxed and I think it shows.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

When I go on a pitch, I just try to enjoy it as much as I can. The more you enjoy it, the better you play.

Shooting is all about rhythm and confidence, and sometimes those are the last things that get there.

I haven't watched a lot of football at all. Easiest thing for me was to take my mind away from the game all together and focus on the things that I need to get right. And football wasn't one of those things.

Anyway, when I get sorta tense and start thinking about every shot, that's when my game falls apart.

A lot of times when I'm confident and relaxed on the court, I'm going to be a pretty tough out. But when I'm not so confident and not so relaxed, I tense up and my balls fall short and everything. It just sort of unravels.

I focus on each leg and not what the score is.

I've always been a quick putter, so I should never get the yips. But I got 'em. I got 'em bad.

I don't really think about the crowd when I am in the middle. I actually forget about the crowd, forget the money; that's exactly what I always do.

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.

One thing that blocks flow is self-consciousness.

If you go to ice and you think, 'I must score' or 'I must get some points,' you won't score or get any points. You must go and play and don't think about it.