Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It's a state of mind-you could call it character in action.
The Green Bay Packers never lost a football game. They just ran out of time.
Football isn't a contact sport; it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
Winning is not the most important thing; it's everything.
If a man is running down the street with everything you own, you won't let him get away. That's tackling.
We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.
Most important of all, to be successful in life demands that a man make a personal commitment to excellence and to victory, even though the ultimate victory can never be completely won. Yet that victory might be pursued and wooed with every fiber of our body, with every bit of our might and all our effort. And each week, there is a new encounter; each day, there is a new challenge.
Leadership rests not only upon ability, not only upon capacity; having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it. His leadership is then based on truth and character. There must be truth in the purpose and will power in the character.
Mental toughness is a state of mind - you could call it 'character in action.'
A team that thinks it's going to lose is going to lose.
If you can accept losing, you can't win.
Unless a man believes in himself and makes a total commitment to his career and puts everything he has into it - his mind, his body, his heart - what's life worth to him?
Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.
Mental toughness is Spartanism, with all its qualities of self-denial, sacrifice, dedication, fearlessness, and love.
While statistics are interesting, they're all in the past.
You defeat defeatism with confidence.
One must not hesitate to innovate and change with the times. The leader who stands still is not progressing, and he will not remain a leader for long.
They may not love you at the time, but they will later.
Some need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored.
They call it coaching but it is teaching. You do not just tell them...you show them the reasons.
All right mister, let me tell you that winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, give more than anyone else.
It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men.
We win our games in practice. We learn and follow the fundamentals of our game better than anyone in the league. All of our games are won in practice.
The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.
Leaders are not born, they're made.
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