How many times did you hear a true champion speak with doubt? How many times did you hear a boxer say, “It will be a tough fight, we will just have to wait until Saturday and see how it all works out”? Never, because doubt will knock you out before you even begin.
The athletes that are remembered are always those that performed memorably during times of pressure. Because they could be remembered for rising or choking to the occasion, I say memorably. Anyone who has played competitive sports knows that there is a different feeling during a play-off game, but as with all things in life, that by itself is not a bad thing, it is all in the way you handle it.
People are disturbed not by things but by the view they take of them– Epictetus 200AD
What the mind sees, feels, and thinks, it works towards. The mind is constantly working towards results, the trouble is what directions are we giving the mind.
To Become a champion, you must first act and look like a champion.– Muhammad Ali
It’s not what you are that holds you back, it’s what you think you are not.– Denis Waitley
It is the same with your mind. When a negative thought enters, clean it out with a flood of positive images. Focus on winning, not on not losing.
Once you start to doubt whether you are capable of winning you’re on your way to disaster because the mind can only hold one thought at a time. What the mind sees, feels, and thinks, it works towards. The mind is constantly working towards results, the trouble is what directions are we giving the mind. Some people say you can not control what comes into your mind. Regardless of whether or not you can or can not control what enters your mind, you can definitely control how long you hold any thought that does enter your mind.
Some people say you can not control what comes into your mind. Regardless of whether or not you can or can not control what enters your mind, you can definitely control how long you hold any thought that does enter your mind.
If you let self-doubt enter your mind, anxiety is sure to grow. Once you start to doubt whether you are capable of winning you’re on your way to disaster because the mind can only hold one thought at a time.
