James Haskell Quotes

I was in group therapy for years but it wasn't the same thing. It was more about growing.

I would say that I began with a very edgy, very driven personality and after a sufficient amount of therapy over many, many years, I managed to become rather relaxed and happy.

I don't worry about the last shot or the next shot. I concentrate. Every shot gets a clean slate. And when a shot is over, I wipe it out absolutely. Tell a joke or something. If you worry about how you looked, how well you did, you'll go insane.

There's steps that I've taken already, and each week, talking with the sports psychologist on a routine basis and working with the different programs that we're going through. This is all stuff that you can say you're going to make a difference, but I'm putting it into action.

Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.

A lot of people, for example, live an anxious life. They don't realize they have a super-high level of anxiety. So we're gonna work on really writing down how anxious you feel at the moment you wake up. There's nothing wrong with it; the point is you learn to evaluate yourself and regulate yourself.

I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I'm not feeling good - work on technique or something like that.

My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.

I was all about my thoughts, my work, my inspiration. I was always in hair.

My life day in and day out is accessing my emotions and bringing them to the forefront.

I have really focused on mindfulness. That helps me make better choices both physically, psychologically, and emotionally.

I just try to play with more focus on myself; I don't worry too much about the other things that maybe gave me too much pressure in the past.

I'm learning what triggers me. What to stay away from. What I do like and what I don't like. To me, I've learned so much about myself that now I'm a stronger person. But I still deal with anxiety. Anxiety doesn't go away.

I've got a lot better at dropping emotions if something goes wrong, or right.

I think one big thing for me that I need to work on is being able to separate my feelings and emotions from my matches.

I talked to everyone. But I also did work with a professional psychologist, sporting psychologist. That was just the beginning. After that I was able to change the direction to think, the direction to work and I think it was like training I did.

It's not too late actually to speak to somebody about psychology, it's never too late.

Self-help is something that I've always been into. I thought I was going to be a psychiatrist.

The secret to a happy, successful life of paranoia is to keep careful track of your persecutors.

Always staying focused is something that's been very tough for me. I'm still working on it.

A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.

Just keep thinking about the good side of ADD - the creativity and the originality it can stimulate.

I've spent a lot of time and money trying to keep my anger in control.

We are not a victim of our emotions or thoughts. We can understand our triggers and use them as tools to help us respond more objectively.

You can't tell yourself that your stress is produced in your head and feel better. You still need to learn how to create a change.