Quotes & Sayings About Mental Toughness

Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness. — John Bytheway

Mental toughness is essential to success. — Vince Lombardi

Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one. — Bobby Knight

Mind over matter. — Horace Dade Ashton

The measure of your character and mental toughness is the space between what you are doing and what you could be doing — William James Moore

That taught me how to work harder. I learned all about mental toughness on the practice field. If things weren't working out for me in high school, in college, early in my pro career, my solution was always to work harder and internalize. That way, whenever I got an opportunity, I was always prepared. See, there are a lot of guys who are all talk. They say they want to work harder and be the best, but they never pay the price. I love paying the price. — Tom Brady

Over the years, I have pushed myself mentally and I have pushed myself physically. A lot of people say, 'John Havlicek never gets tired.' Well, I get tired. It's just a matter of pushing myself. I say to myself, 'He's as tired as I am; who's going to win this mental battle?' It's just a matter of mental toughness. — John Havlicek

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. — Vince Lombardi

It's about mental toughness. Mental toughness is everything. — Jon Gordon

The fitting BoD is less about physical strength, more about mental toughness, with fitting minds and fresh eyes. — Pearl Zhu

The 3 key components for success are as follows: Psychological Preparedness Physical Conditioning Mental Toughness — Chuck Norris

Tennis is all about mental toughness, and you have to keep your head in the game. I make time to relax away from competition pressures, travel and intense training schedules to make sure I'm looking after myself. Taking time out with family and friends helps to maintain the work-life balance everyone needs. — Samantha Stosur

Brains without competitive hearts are rudderless. — Vince Lombardi

Forgiveness takes intelligence, discipline, imagination, and persistence, as well as a special psychological strength, something athletes call mental toughness and warriors call courage. — Edward M. Hallowell

Ability is the result of mental and physical toughness, resourcefulness, and powerful concentration. — Howard A. Tullman

In the insurance business, 93 percent of those who become insurance agents don't stick it out past three years. These people who quit usually lack mental toughness. I've learned over the years that perseverance will win out - every time - over talent. — Jerry Hraban

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

We talk about mental toughness all the time. That's the biggest thing good teams have, that they can overcome adversity. — Bryan Murray

We are only as sick as our secrets. — Rob Bell

Being physically tough is measured by how many fights you win, but mental toughness is measured by how you react when all the chips are stacked against you, how fast you get back on track when life kicks you in the nuts. Any fool can win a fight, but it takes a person with true grit to never give up when all seems lost. — Benjamin Bayani

To achieve success, whatever the job we have, we must pay a price — Vince Lombardi

Frankly, my height or lack thereof never bothered me much. Although there is no doubt that it has contributed to a certain mental toughness. I've made the most of the head start one gains from being underestimated. — Michael J. Fox

I consider myself a decent athlete but when I started to train martial arts like Kung Fu, I realised it had nothing to do with how athletic you are. It's all mental. It's what you know, how you use it and your mental toughness and composure. It's incredible. — Channing Tatum

I found that to build mental toughness, you need to inconvenience yourself. The early morning runs, if you hate early mornings. The late night runs, if you hate late nights. The snowy cold, the worst conditions you can get, put yourself in those and really make it inconvenient and you start to get a genuine expectation of winning for the price you have to pay. — Chael Sonnen

You are going to get over it sooner or later so get over it now. — William James Moore

Competitive toughness is an acquired skill and not an inherited gift. — Chris Evert

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

Anyone with any degree of mental toughness ought to be able to exist without the things they like most for a few months at least. — Georgia O'Keeffe

You survived by seizing every tiny drop of love you could find anywhere, and milking it, relishing it, for all it was worth. And as you grew up, you sought love, anywhere you could find it, whether it was a teacher or a coach or a friend or a friend's parents. You sought those tiny droplets of love, basking in them when you found them. They sustained you. For all these years, you've lived under the illusion that somehow, you made it because you were tough enough to overpower the abuse, the hatred, the hard knocks of life. But really you made it because love is so powerful that tiny little doses of it are enough to overcome the pain of the worst things life can dish out. Toughness was a faulty coping mechanism you devised to get by. But, in reality, it has been your ability to never give up, to keep seeking love, and your resourcefulness to make that love last long enough to sustain you. That is what has gotten you by. — Rachel Reiland

Desire plus sacrifice plus discipline equals preparation. Preparation plus success equals confidence. Mental toughness plus pride equals perseverance. If you have confidence and persevere, you will always have the edge. If you have the edge, you will succeed. Eventually. — Steve Siebold

People are not born mentally tough. Mental toughness is developed by experience. Developing mental toughness is a very long process. — C.N. Reede

Michael Jordan, the basketball great, is a case in point. In a famous Nike commercial, he said: 'I've missed more than nine thousand shots. I've lost almost three hundred games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed.' For many the ad was perplexing. Why boast about your mistakes? But to Jordan it made perfect sense. 'Mental toughness and heart are a lot stronger than some of the physical advantages you might have,' he said. 'I've always said that and I've always believed that.' James — Matthew Syed

Put character and mental toughness before execution and you will get consistent execution. — William James Moore

When you are rowing well and hard, the rhythm of the stroke takes over. It drives your days and restores your nights. It imparts cadence and direction. You feel like you and the boats are one, you feel that no obstacle will put up any more resistance than the water does to your oars, you feel that hard work and grit and mental toughness will always win it for you in the end. — Barry S. Strauss

When exercising gifted will-power, move boldly without hesitation. The reward for such decisiveness is increased confidence in what the heart knows, which the mind does not feel — T.F. Hodge

Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course — Bobby Jones

If you strut around like peacocks-I'm a De La Salle football player-you're going to struggle. Get that out of your heads. You have to earn that, and you earn it week to week with consistency, mental toughness, focus, the grind and the grittiness of it. I don't know if you're earning it or not. We'll find out in the game... -Coach Ladouceur — Neil Hayes

We are not only working on our game, we are working on ourselves. — Rob Bell

A champion always prepares to win. — D.C. Gonzalez

Mental toughness is many things. It is humility because it behooves all of us to remember that simplicity is the sign of greatness and meekness is the sign of true strength. Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love. — Vince Lombardi

To me, football is so much about mental toughness, it's digging deep, it's doing whatever you need to do to help a team win and that comes in a lot of shapes and forms. — Tom Brady

I think we've bounced back and really been resilient. Even after a bad period, we take over and we seem like we're on a mission. That comes with leadership and experience and a lot of things. A lot of it is mental toughness and resiliency in the situation you're at, just trusting in your teammates. — Mike Fisher

Ruthlessness, charm, focus, mental toughness, fearlessness, mindfulness (living in the moment), and action. Who wouldn't, at certain points in their lives, benefit from kicking one or two of them up a notch? What was important was being able to turn them back down. — Kevin Dutton

The ability to continue moving when you are feeling scared, fearful or lazy is the sign of true mental strength. — Matthew Donnelly

I've got a couple of things over [ Wladimir Klitschko]: He wouldn't spar with me when I went to the camp and I beat him in a mental toughness competition in the sauna. — Tyson Fury

Lust of ease and comfort absolutely destroys mental toughness and begins to slowly erode ones character. — William James Moore

Mental Toughness is doing the right thing for the team when it's not the best thing for you — Bill Belichick

Ironman distance triathlons are a true test of oneself as a whole. Each race is a test of physical, mental and spiritual toughness that I haven't found in any other type of racing. At the end of the day, challenging myself on all levels is what it's about for me. — Timothy O'Donnell

Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory. — Bill Russell

It takes energy, mental toughness and spiritual reinforcement to successfully deal with life's opportunities, and to reach your objectives. — Zig Ziglar

Mental toughness is Spartanism, with all its qualities of self-denial, sacrifice, dedication, fearlessness, and love. — Vince Lombardi

My aim is to play Test matches. For me, there is a different feel of Test cricket as it tests your character. You come to know about your mental toughness, and most importantly, there is another level of satisfaction as a player. — Suresh Raina

Just as mental toughness and physical energy are the primary traits of an army, they also mark God's beautiful woman. — Elizabeth George

Mental toughness is an element in the make up of perseverance. — Manuela George-Izunwa

People think SEALs are cold-blooded, heartless, wound-up, brainwashed killers. They imagine you can just point a SEAL in a direction and say, 'Go kill.' The truth is you're talking about a bunch of kind-hearted, jovial guys. The only thing that separates them is mental toughness. — Howard E. Wasdin

Every quarterback can throw a ball; every running back can run; every receiver is fast; but that mental toughness that you talk about translates into competitiveness. — Tom Brady

Mia, what is the most important thing for a soccer player to have?" With no hesitation, she answered, "Mental toughness. — Carol S. Dweck

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

Being a great fighter is having a perfect balance of having that toughness, skill, as well as that mental capability to be able to out-think you opponent. — Rashad Evans

There's a confidence and a mental toughness that comes from the very highest level of competition, whatever the sport is. Whether it's boxing or wrestling, or whatever. — Joe Rogan

Success is a combination of effort, talent and hard work. There's got to be hard work and mental toughness. It's not just one thing that gets you there it's an accumulation of things — Brock Lesnar

The most important attribute a player must have is mental toughness. — Mia Hamm

To succeed you must do the work. To do the work takes character. To keep doing it takes mental toughness. — William James Moore

It's amazing how much of this is mental. Everybody's in good shape. Everybody knows how to ski. Everybody has good equipment. When it really boils down to it, it's who wants it the most, and who's the most confident on his skis. — Reggie Crist

Mental Toughness: The ability to consistently perform toward the upper range of your talent and skill regardless of the competitive circumstances. — James E. Loehr

The best team does not always win, it's the team that plays the best. — Rob Bell

Mental toughness must be developed before you start fighting because you don't want to be that guy who quits in the ring. — Forrest Griffin

I'm not concerned with whether you got to the top. I want to know how far you climbed. That is where the real achievement is found. — William James Moore