Dan Pena Quotes

In my job, whenever I delivered a presentation I would rehearse several times before the actual event. In sport, it is important to be equally prepared about my opponents.

Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass.

I believe I'm destined to be a world champion and I'm getting closer to what I want. Part of it is developing a championship mentality and I feel I have that now.

I think switching is like a lot of things. You can do it - it's a game plan - but you better do it well. You better practise it.

When you envision something in your head over and over again, it's like a movie placing you in that position, and once you are there you're ready.

In my opinion, there's nothing better than practicing a play all week and then going on the field and thinking, 'This is going to be a touchdown.'

Before I do anything, I practice it for a while, and then when I know it's the bomb, then I'm gonna present it to everybody.

For me, I like to imagine being successful. I like to imagine the end, which is success. I envision it, where I can actually see it happening. Going into the ring, seeing the fight happen, seeing me winning that belt, seeing me back in my dressing room celebrating with a slice of cake, which I always had. And the same with meetings. I do prepare though; that confidence comes from preparation, because that fear is in the back of your head of not doing well, of not saying the right thing or having the right information. That's where the preparation comes in for me.

I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much.

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

When you go to meetings or auditions and you fail to prepare, prepare to fail. It is simple but true.

I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.

Whenever you go into an audition, you have to be as prepared as possible.

The team that gets to play to their plan is usually the team that has the most success.

I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen.

You know, I'm confident before I go out and play a match that I know, you know, I've put in the work and like I feel confident that I am going to go out there and play well.

Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people's criticisms, carry out your plan.

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.

I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation.

It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.

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.

I treat auditions as if they are gold. I try to make every one count.

I don't believe in pressure. The pressure is not being prepared for what you want to do.

If I keep taking my good swings, swing at the right pitches, good things will happen.

I think I get going because I try not to put added pressure on myself because a lot of times, you can be very good at what you do, but when you get ready, you have to be prepared to get it going.