Mentally Tough Quotes:

Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.

- Bill Russell

topic: Basketball, Victory, Mental Toughness, Concentrating, Mentally Tough

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

- William Feather

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Success, Best Success, Perserverance

For me, life is about continuously being hungry. It's meaning is not simply to just exist or to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer. Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. We all have great power. That power is self-faith. There's really an attitude to winning. You have to see yourself winning before you win. And you have to be hungry. You have to want to conquer.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

topic: Attitude, Struggle, Moving, Mentally Tough, Sports Mental Toughness

Creativity is the gift that keeps on giving.

- Eric Maisel

topic: Creativity, Giving, Mentally Tough, National Lampoon, Alcoholics Anonymous

Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.

- Erma Bombeck

topic: Funny, Witty, Humorous, Mentally Tough, National Lampoon

In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving.

- William Baldwin

topic: Giving, Discipline, Work Ethic, Mentally Tough, Mental Toughness

During inflation, Goodwill is the gift that keeps on giving.

- Warren Buffett

topic: Vacation, Giving, Mental Toughness, Mentally Tough, National Lampoon

If you're not mentally tough, If nerves undo you instead of focus you, If you don't have the inner arrogance That you absolutely have what it takes to win, If you don't see, in your mind's eye, A picture of yourself winning - then you won't win; And not because you can't.

- Summer Sanders

source: Summer Sanders (1999). “Champions are Raised, Not Born: How My Parents Made Me a Success”

topic: Eye, Winning, Focus, Mentally Tough, Pictures Of Yourself

The best way to become a mentally tough runner is to believe that you're a mentally tough runner

- Ryan Hall

source: Twitter post from Jun 22, 2012

topic: Believe, Way, Tough, Mentally Tough

You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night, you're not going to win.

- Larry Bird

source: "Making a Run From the Border". Chicago Tribune, February 17, 1998.

topic: Basketball, Winning, Night, Mentally Tough, Excuse You

You have to want it, you have to plan for it, you have to fit it into a busy day, you have to be mentally tough, you have to use others to help you. The hard part isn't getting your body in shape. The hard part is getting your mind in shape.

- Amby Burfoot

source: Amby Burfoot (2005). “Runner's World Complete Book of Beginning Running”, p.47, Rodale

topic: Mind, Want, Use, Mentally Tough, Mental Toughness

I think I was as mentally tough as I've ever been. I felt like I handled the situation both on and off the court extremely well. I felt like I needed to.

- Lleyton Hewitt

topic: Thinking, Tough, Court, Mentally Tough

Fighting teaches you a lot about yourself. When you fight you are in a situation where failure can happen. This chance of failure forges your character in many ways and makes you realise how mentally tough you have to be as a fighter. This mental toughness will transfer into your everyday life, giving you drive and a clear concise attitude, where giving up is not an option

- Daniel Hudson

topic: Giving Up, Attitude, Character, Mentally Tough

Roger Federer and my boyfriend, Tiger Woods, inspire me. It's incredible what they've done in their respective sports, especially Roger. He is the nicest and humblest guy. You would never know that he's the best tennis player of all time. And Tiger is so mentally tough. He can block everything completely out and stay in the moment.

- Lindsey Vonn

topic: Sports, Block, Player, Mentally Tough, Federer

I used to get down on myself a lot if I missed a shot, and it would just break my focus. But now I stay mentally tough and try to just forget about that play and keep on going.

- Antonio McDyess

topic: Play, Focus, Trying, Mentally Tough

The one thing I learned about myself going back and watching tapes of all the losses that we've had is that I'm physically capable of doing this and dominating the game, but the mental part was not there. I don't know if it comes with age, but I had to learn to be mentally tough.

- Lisa Leslie

topic: Basketball, Loss, Games, Mentally Tough

The next thing I would have to go with is diet because it is so hard and mentally tough. By comparison the training is the easiest of them all because it's my hobby as well as my job.

- Ronnie Coleman

topic: Mentally Tough