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Reading quotations to distill important concepts and learning points in performance psychology is a quick and powerful way to learn. Reading quotations can give very fast insights and get to the heart of the matter instantly. Quotations can be quite inspirational as well.
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Quotations On Championship Thinking
From Bill Cole, MS, MA
Bill Cole, MS, MA
Founder and President
The International Mental Game Coaching Association
- Never allow the situation to determine how you think. YOU determine how you view the situation.
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The contest must be won in your mind before it even begins.
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You must win the contest in your mind before the real contest even begins.
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If you give up, one thing is certain. You will not succeed. So don’t give up.
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Don’t seek inspiration. Inspire yourself.
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Don’t avoid problems. Create success.
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Before you win, you must first win in your mind.
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Not to plan is to create a blueprint for failure.
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Winners don’t hope for victory. They seize victory.
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Hope is not a plan. Being intentional about what you are going to do is a plan.
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Winners are proactive. Losers are reactive.
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Small successes create huge victories.
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You can think you will lose and you can think you will win. Both ways you will be right.
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Do you hate to lose more, or do you love to win more? Choose your motivation and then go win.
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Motivation is over-rated. But creating your will to win is everything.
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To win, you must first overcome any fears of losing.
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To win, you must first come to terms with losing.
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Everyone has the fear of losing. Winners accept it as a possibility, forget about it, and drive hard to win.
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Winners compete fully. Losers hold back crucial parts of themselves.
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Winners play to win. Losers play not to lose.
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Winners drive towards winning. Losers try to avoid losing.
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Winners don’t try to save face. They give it everything they have to win. Losers make excuses in their minds, so they can save face if they lose.
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Winners give themselves permission to win. Losers seek permission to win from others.
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Winners love the battle. Losers compete reluctantly and under protest.
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Winners play positive mind games in their own head to create confidence. Losers play mind games on others in an effort to make up for their own perceived deficiencies.
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Make sure you enjoy the journey, because you never really arrive. There is always one more thing to do.
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Losers win because they want to. Winners win because they have to.
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Losers win when they want to. Winners win when they have to.
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Tournament victories are first won on the practice field.
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Sweat practice equity results in a big ROI on the competitive playing field.
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How bad do you want to win? THAT determines, in large part, IF you will win.
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Everyone has some negative mind chatter. Who’s in charge of what you think anyhow? Are you going to let some words stop you from winning?
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Feel the fear. Feel the doubt. Feel the embarrassment. Win anyhow.
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Superior technique creates transcendence over mental obstacles.
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The contests you will remember best are the ones where you sweat the most, have the most doubt, are the most afraid, encounter the most problems, and where the opponent puts up the most resistance.
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Sports builds character. It also displays character.
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Winning is a state of mind. Now go create that state of mind.
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A dream is fine, but without an action plan it’s just fluff.
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Negative thoughts, negative mental images and negative emotions are all obstacles that will come into your mind and body. If you can let them come in, you can let them go out.
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Accept that the outcome of a competition is ALWAYS uncertain. Come to terms that you COULD lose, accept that as a possibility, and let it go. Dive into the competition with your heart and soul and get to work.
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Fear of losing is ALWAYS there, in every athlete. It’s part of being human. You will never fully get rid of this fear, but you can control it.
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This is perhaps the most important decision you can ever make: “Be bold and dare to succeed, and you might. Hold back and harbor fear and you never will.”
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Drop your wish for an easy time. Drop your wish for no problems and smooth sailing. Drop your hopes that the opponent will play poorly so you can win easily.
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Notice when you are playing tentatively. This means your mind is going into “afraid to lose” mode.
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Give yourself the freedom to fail and you open up the powerful energy channels that allow you to win.
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Learn how to win. Let go of the uncontrollables and focus on what you need to do to succeed.
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Want to be a winner? Cultivate a healthy dislike of losing, and do everything in your power to avoid it.
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Get used to the silence of the zone. Get used to your mind being quiet as you perform. Get used to the lack of self-talk, self-judgment and self-criticism. That is the zone.
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Losers fear losing. Winners hate losing.
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Only you choose the words and pictures that go into your mind. Don’t react automatically to events around you. Think and act with intention and you’ll play closer to your potential more often.
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The words and pictures in your head determine the quality of your performance. Take responsibility for those words and images.
Bill Cole, MS, MA
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Bill Cole, MS, MA, a leading authority on peak performance,
mental toughness and coaching, is founder and President of
the International Mental Game Coaching Association, https://www.mentalgamecoaching.com.
Bill is also founder and CEO of William B. Cole Consultants,
a consulting firm that helps organizations and professionals
achieve more success in business, life and sports. He is a
Wall Of Fame Honoree, an award-winning scholar-athlete, published
book author and articles author, and has coached at the highest
levels of major-league pro sports, big-time college athletics
and corporate America. For a free, extensive article archive,
or for questions and comments visit him at www.MentalGameCoach.com
or SportsPsychologyCoaching.com.
Article Source: IMGCA
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