J. D. Martinez Quotes

Once you are on court, everything is different. I focus on the match.

To win games, we need to be focused for 95 minutes. If not, you always pay in football.

The key is not being overconfident. You should not think that because I'm a top-ranked player, I will win this game. You have to be focused.

It's like there's a moment that happens in baseball, and when it happens, I do everything to concentrate. When you do that, it can be good.

You prepare yourself by concentrating on what you have to do out on the field.

The bigger the game, the better I liked it. Not that I was about to let anybody know I was excited. I approached every game the same way. One pitch, one hitter at a time.

I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.

When there's an important tournament going on, I try and stay in a bubble. It's easy that way because then you don't have to worry about anything else.

The more you play baseball, the less depends on your athletic ability. It's a mental war more than anything.

When I am on court, I am so focused on what I am doing, that's all I think about - trying to win the next point.

I can't worry about techs. I've got to play my game.

I think the biggest thing that I learned, and why I've fallen in love with baseball, is how mental of a game it is. It's such a mental sport, and it's beautiful. I think definitely the mental aspect, the stats, and the mathematics, that, to me, really blew me away.

Just trying to go out there and do the same thing I do every time, take it one pitch at a time and give us the best chance to win.

If you are busy with a good performance, something you can control, then the chance to win the game is much bigger.

You need to be 100% focused all match long against Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

In football, it's not enough just to be amazing, but you also have to have a clear head. If you're not calm, it becomes very difficult.

It could be very costly if you don't have a clear mind during a tournament.

Nothing goes through your head when you're playing except who you are playing against and what you can do to affect the game.

To me, pre-match preparation is extremely important because that's something which is within my control.

Just like any other game we're taking on we've got to prepare, prepare hard, mentally, physically. We've been practicing hard.

I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis.

When you're in between the white lines, the game face is on. I was only focused on the task at hand - out, safe, ball, strike - leaving little time to think about how special a player, moment or game happened to be.

When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.

Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.

Every night you have different match-ups, and you have 82 games, so physically you are going to get tired. You have to be ready mentally to bring your energy and bring the juice every night.