Roger Federer Quotes

The most important attribute a player must have is mental toughness.

The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation.

I'm pathologically calm.

I never even think of the mental side of things because I never had any issues.

To play at Real Madrid, it is not enough to just have football quality. You must be mentally strong.

Of course, fighting is one of the most emotional things that you can possibly do. You have to constantly deal with your emotions, especially myself. I have so many that that's where I get my energy from. But it's a matter of controlling them, and yeah, I just don't let nothing affect me.

I think I was as mentally tough as I've ever been. I felt like I handled the situation both on and off the court extremely well. I felt like I needed to.

It's hard because you want to be able to just, okay, focus your energy on trying to win the match, but you need to then have tactics as to how you're going to deal with how you're feeling.

The worse you're performing, the more you must work mentally and emotionally. The greatest and toughest art in golf is "playing badly well." All the true greats have been masters at it.

I am mentally strong.

Emotional stability has not been America's gift to the world.

Staying composed, focused, and effective under pressure are all about your mentality. People who successfully manage crises are able to channel their emotions into producing the behavior that they want.

I don't really get too high or too low. I think when you have a big tournament, that's the important thing: managing emotion.

No, nothing really upsets me.

As a top player, you have to keep your emotions in check. You think you can control everything.

Personally, I think I am much calmer under incredibly stressful situations, and I've learned to deal with pressure and nerves, which is key to being a performer of any caliber.

Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.

Rather than realizing immediate physiological gain, the challenge is more about reducing the mental attrition from the two days to maximize each event.

I'm real mentally strong, so there's just not a lot that people can say to get me off of my own self and lane, and my confidence.

Emotion is a good thing, but top level football can be tough, and you have to be in control.

If I'm mad or showing my frustration, the whole team's gonna be like that, techs, and people are going to go down. So I just try to keep the even keel. That's why I don't get too high or too low. I've been playing like that my whole life. It's just natural for me.

I've learned to deal with stress. In fact, things that would make the next person go over a cliff don't even make my radar anymore.

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.

Even if sometimes I'm not happy with the way I'm playing the game before, during the changeover I have to stay calm. Otherwise the next game will be worse.

I learnt that as soon as you have a negative thought, just push it to the back of your mind. The question is, when it's you versus 11 others; can you be positive under pressure? That's what defines winners.