I was able to play alongside, in my opinion, the best hitter with Miguel Cabrera and kind of watch the way he goes about it and the way he looks at situations, when to try to drive a ball versus when to shoot a ball.
I don't think my intelligence is naturally analytic or political.
Just go out there and play football. Don't make it bigger than it has to be.
You are only an attitude away from success!
There are a few players who don't like to think about the game.
Do not seek Adolf Hitler with your mind. You will find him through the strength of your hearts.
I didn't need to write historical epics, no, or science fiction, though I read a lot of science fiction as a kid and rather liked it. But I didn't have the mentality.
To me, every play counts. To me, how I play in individuals, how I play in practice, that's how I'm going to play in the game.
It isn't important what formation is on the field, but rather our attitude.
I think the most important thing I work on is just my mental approach to every day, my mental approach to the game. How to come in each and every day focused, doing what I want to do, I think that's just the biggest issue.
I think musically.
Take a friendly attitude toward your thoughts.
I try to be as quiet as I can at the plate, but still aggressive.
Regarding the psychological, your goal must not be "I need to lose X pounds" but "I'm going to regain my identity," whether as an athlete, a conservative, a sexual being, a together person, whatever.
Successful people don't have any fewer problems than unsuccessful people; they just have a different mindset in dealing with them.
It's important to have the right strategy. I can't commit to things or fight like I used to. I can't just bang it out. I have to be more intelligent in training and in fighting.
As I see it, the thing that hurt my putting most when it was bad, was thinking too much about how I was making the stroke and not enough about getting the ball in the hole.
The secret of success is to make your mind work for you - not against you. This means constantly being positive, constantly setting up challenges you can meet - either today, next week, or next month etc.
Hitting is an art, but not an exact science.
It really doesn't matter honestly to look at the scoreboard where it's 20 runs and 2 wickets down or 200 runs, 2 wickets down, because... if you're positive inside it really doesn't matter. It just requires different planning sometimes.
Your attitude is everything, and it determines how you experience every aspect of your life
Instead of playing to win, I was playing not to lose. It reminds me of the story I once heard about two friends being chased by a bear, when one turned to the other and said, "I just realized that I don't need to outrun the bear; I only need to outrun you.
To cure a batting slump, I took my bat to bed with me. I wanted to know my bat a little better.
Success is really about your mindset.
For amateur golfers, I think one of the biggest mistakes is to model their play on professionals.
