Quotes about Psychological Factor

Lynn Davies

Belief is such an important aspect of sport.

Marco Pierre White

If you really want to know what motivated me as a young man, it was a fear of death.

Nick Kyrgios

I think more of my tennis is more to do with the mental side of things rather than technique or, you know, tactics or anything like that.

George C. Marshall

Roosevelt recognized the importance of capturing Berlin both as a political and psychological factor.

The only soldier ever so honored. Marshall was then Chief of Staff of the Army. This quotation is historically very important in that it refutes the accusation made by some FDR and New Deal enemies that Roosevelt was very naïve about the importance of capturing Berlin and ceded control over the invasion and capture of Berlin to Stalin and the Soviet Union. Marshall, one of the most upright of politicians in American history, was not a FDR apologist and few doubted his word or judgment. (Senator Joseph McCarthy and other right wingers however falsely accused him of harboring communists in the Army and working against America’s interest against Russia.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

The more you play, the more you feel part of the squad, and then, in turn, you end up playing better. I think it's a psychological gap as well - if you don't think you're a first-team player, then you won't be.