Juan Mata Quotes

So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure.

Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

Tell me why is it easier if you know the number one? You prepare as though you are number one anyway.

I concentrate on myself and make sure the best version of me turns up, and if that's the case, I believe I beat anyone in the world.

I'm sick at myself for not winning more. But I am always trying to find ways to make myself a better player. I am not just turning up to make up the numbers.

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

Winning isn't getting ahead of others. It's getting ahead of yourself.

The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

I constantly push my body to meet what my mind wants me to be able to do.

I'm competitive with myself, but not with other people. I set goals for myself. I don't really care about winning or losing as long as I do my best.

The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

When you believe in your dream and your vision, then it begins to attract its own resources. No one was born to be a failure.

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

I'm staying focused and clear about what I want in life, and I'm going to get it, man.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.

I do a lotta trash talking to keep me motivated, to keep me to not want to lose.

Put a Post-It note on your mirror that says: 'Someone has to succeed. There's no reason why it shouldn't be me.' Repeat before every audition.

There's the push and pull you put on yourself and the push and pull the world puts on you. Most of the time, the world's going to win out, because it's just logical that you should be more successful and more motivated. You can always be more.

But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.

Vision gets the dreams started. Dreaming employs your God-given imagination to reinforce the vision. Both are part of something I believe is absolutely necessary to building the life of a champion, a winner, a person of high character who is consistently at the top of whatever game he or she is in.

You can't be afraid of failure and you can't be afraid of success, because either one gets in the way of your work.

I don't think anybody should do what they do in hopes of being successful. But I always expect myself to be successful at things. And if I'm not, I feel bad. I don't care for failure. I've failed at a number of things, and it's not my favorite state of mind. So I prefer success.