"Confidence. Concentration. Relaxation. Before a player picks up a ball, bat, or glove it is these three mental attributes that allow the physical gifts to flourish. Without confidence, you cant relax, without relaxation you can't concentrate. They all work hand in hand to put your mind in a position so the body can succeed."
- Kash Beauchamp, Professional Manager
A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a matter of fitting your current practices to fit the event and the individual. See, what's good for you might not be worth a darn for the next guy.
- Bill Bowerman, Co-founder of Nike, Inc
"Visualisation is the consistent element in relaxation, mental toughness, skill mastery and life."
- Ron Harvey
"If I had to choose between someone who had the best of everything and someone who made the best of everything they have I'll take the later every time."
- Chuck Snow, Inventor ReactionPro
"At the end of every team's bench, there's a player with little talent but enormous spirit. He comes early to practice and stays late, never stops working on his skills, never loses hope that he'll win a starting spot, endures the disdain or the indifference of the starters, still believes that if he works hard enough he'll get to the majors. Find that bench guy. Study him. He has a lot more to teach you than the MVP."
- David Wick
"I like to tell my students and players that they should get an index card and write on it the following saying. What did I do today to make myself a better player? Did you take extra swings, eat healthy, take extra groundballs or throw a tennis ball off the wall 300 times? Get to bed, early lift. Do some vision training. Watch an MLB game on TV and guess the managers or base runners next move.
Anything you do to give you the edge is helping you achieve your goals.
If you go to bed with out doing something you are cheating yourself and missing out on the day that could make a difference."
- Professional Baseball Coach, Chris McKnight
"Find what you're passionate about in life and put your FULL effort towards it. If it's baseball, learn everything you can about it. Surround yourself with other people that are passionate about it and you will give yourself the best chance to succeed."
- Greg Morrison, Trainer
"The reward doesn't come at the end of your journey, but rather, with little milestones throughout your journey, when you look back on your little accomplishments they make one great BIG one."
- Worldwide Baseball Prospects
"Do-so" is more important than "say-so."
- Pete Seeger
"I've failed over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed."
- Michael Jordan
"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."
- Muhammad Ali
"Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it."
- Ted Williams
"My dad used to say to me non-stop from the time I could throw my bat when I missed the ball,"Attitude isn't everything, it's the ONLY thing!"
- Joe Newby, Professional Pitcher
"Telling yourself that you are trying is admitting failure as an option. As the great philosopher Yoda said in the movie “Return of the Jedi” there is no try there is only do or not do."
- Doug Henson, TPX TOP 96
