Mental Quotations | Page 6

It can also play on their minds and maybe affect their mental state.

It causes an increased risk of birth defects and mental retardation.

It always seems when we get together that the game goes right down to the wire. I'm so proud of this group for the way they hung in there and battled. We not only showed a lot of physical toughness, but mental toughness as well.

I thought we played well the last three quarters, but we need to develop mental toughness and not take quarters off.

It involves a large amounts of both small and large motor skills. It's hard. It takes a lot of coordination, mental focus and toughness. After a two-hour rehearsal, these kids are beat. They have to work really hard.

It is all about how you perform on the field. It is a mental game and how well you display your talent depends on one's confidence.

It is a different and independent thing, and the character of the mental act only determines how much of the object is apprehended and in what form.

I think the kids took a big step forward with their mental game. Hopefully, it will be a real good step for us toward sectional.

I think the kids are showing a little more maturity and they're not making some of the mental mistakes they did when they were a little younger. I thought everyone on the perimeter did a nice job down the stretch.

I think the history is such that we underestimate the mental health problems, ... As people see what they consider sort of a hopeless situation - bodies floating on the water, the scene like they saw in the Superdome - people are not ready for that. They are not prepared to deal with it.

I thought a couple of times we had mental lapses, and (Tattnall Square) took advantage of those couple of times. Overall, I thought we played well. We had a few missed assignments, and we left them open for 3-pointers and they hit every one we left them open for.

I think you may see a couple mental errors here and there from nerves. But for the most part, I think this team will be ready.

I think you have to have a focus on the road, a mental toughness on the road, that I think we're trying to find. That's the story of our season.

I think the game is more mental than physical. You have to be in tremendous shape, but you have to want to do it in your head. At this point in my career I didn't think I could put the mental parts there every day, and that's a big part of playing this game.

I think the direction of the program is that we're farther ahead than we're expected to be right now. We're just falling short on the mental aspect of the game. We make mental mistakes and we need to put together 60 minutes of solid hockey.

It is for my mental discipline. It keeps me going.

Last Friday was a situation where it was pretty much a victory alone just coming to the game because of the situation and the tragedy that happened. We were flat and made a lot of mental errors, and we didn't play how we play West Brook baseball.

I thought we played hard, but I thought we had too many mental breakdowns. We weren't making very many reads, we weren't cutting hard to the ball.

I thought we played extremely well, but we had one too many mental mistakes. We had several opportunities, but the breakdowns were very expensive. But they're a good team. They're not 5-3 for no reason.

I thought we didn't play well early. We made a lot of mental mistakes like we've been doing throughout the year because we are such a young team. We keep hoping that we are going to learn from those mistakes. (Sunday) we were able to overcome those mistakes. We kept fighting and there's no quit in these guys.

I thought the momentum would be ours after the comeback. ..I think it just came down to a mental game, who's going to make the mistake and capitalize on it.

I thought the first inning they had a few jitters and a couple errors and mental mistakes, but other than that I thought they played real well. The best part is that they really hit the ball well today and that is what is going to win these games for us is how well we hit the ball.

I think we prefer to go to instant check on an immediate basis and try to accelerate implementing instant checks so that you could literally check by thumb print whether there was a convicted felon with dangerous behavior or dangerous mental behavior. Instant check is a much better system than the Brady process.

I think we have a great chance (of winning the tournament) if we continue to work hard, don't get complacent and don't have any mental lapses.

I think we're ready to move from an environment of blame and stigmatization when it comes to mental health problems,

I think we've got parents who are biological but haven't really learned how to parent because they are young or didn't have the best role models growing up. We've got parents with drug issues. I think we've got parents with mental health issues.

I think what has turned my golfing career is my mental toughness,

I think what got us done earlier in the season was more of the mental approach. That was something we were lacking in. Last weekend we were much better with our mental approach.

I think that essentially that this hue and cry that she isn't qualified, there's a sexist basis to it. Does she have the mental capacity? Give me a break. Would they say that about a man? I don't think they would.

I think both sides can use extra time. This case is extremely important, obviously to Andrea Yates. There are also issues of mental health and the criminal justice system that take center stage and we want, certainly, to be as well-prepared and as effective as possible in presenting these issues to the jury in defense of our client.

I think at the end of the day, the jury feels sorry for her a little bit, with all the emotional and mental problems she's had, the physical problems, and I think they discount her testimony in total.

I think a few of those guys in that locker room have quit. It's disappointing to me; (those guys) won't be here, it's as simple as that. We have no mental or physical toughness on this team right now. It's just hard to watch that; it's hard to watch these young guys that don't understand and don't get it.

I think it's us struggling with our offense. I don't think it's so much what other teams are doing to us, I just think it's ourselves. Right now I don't see the mental toughness when we go out on the floor and play and like a team playing with that type of confidence, I think we're hurting ourselves more than other teams are hurting us.

I think it was a relief that we went to the finals last year, didn't win, but did this year. We didn't have the mental edge going into that game (with Salem).

It gives us a little momentum and a mental edge because we know we play well against them.

It has a lot to do with mental strength. He prepares as good as you can prepare. He doesn't let anything distract him, whether it's a bad call by an umpire, a call that he thinks is bad, an error, or whatever else might go on. He stays focused on what he wants to do and doesn't let anything distract him from that purpose.

I think to be a successful quarterback at the Division I level and win games says a lot about your mental makeup and your leadership ability. The thing that impressed us about Robinson, in being around him, is he's the type of guy you want on your side. He's a tough guy, he's an intelligent guy. He's going to find a way to win games." ()

I think this win shows our mental toughness, because it's mind over matter. You have Jason Kidd who played 46 minutes last night, and then plays 40 tonight. This is something our guys can look back on and is a good experience for this team. Denver is one of the best homecourt teams in the league. Things worked for us. We got fortunate that Carmelo got hurt.

I think we all agree that they're all going to be offensive forces. You just see too many good things in those swings. The big thing now is the mental side, how to make those little adjustments and trust in those adjustments. I think all three of those guys will play older than they are, because they're that mature.

I think Tom brings an understanding of what the mental game's all about. How focused, how tough you have to be in the day-in, day-out grind of the academics, the athletics and of the social choices that you make. I like Jimmy, but they don't fight the way I remember guys fought when I was there.

I think that was the turning point, because that was a real critical stretch. It was a three-point game. You just can't have those kinds of mental breakdowns and the theme of the game for us was mental mistakes.

I think that we should take the tragedy that happened in Newtown and have a full comprehensive dialogue about all issues, whether it has to do with mental health, whether it has to do with the social decline of our young people and some of the things that they are exposed to, whether it has to do with the firearms and guns.

I think some of it might be mental lapses, I think some of it might be they tried to rush. Early on Ross was rushing and later on the ball took a couple of bad hops. I don't suspect he'll do that again anytime soon.

I think that if you're sitting on the sidelines you could realize that a three-point shot is needed at those moments in time. Kids sometimes have some mental lapses, and unfortunately we had them.

It is like there is a mental block. It is time for a correction down to 5,500 before we attack 6,000 again.

Law is a mental hair shirt. He admits a great longing for financial independence from the routine of desk slavery.

Later on in the game our at-bats get better, and I don't know if it's a mental thing. I don't know.

I was accustomed to feeling that I was better than the other guys, that I had a mental edge,

I will continue to practice a martial arts form along with the mental and spiritual aspect that come with building a balanced life, and I will continue to incorporate it into whatever films I can.

I was kind of foggy for the first four or five innings, then I really started to get into the game. It's not like I was out there spaced out. But we had gone through a lot of high intensity and mental exhaustion the last few games, and sometimes it can be tough to get it going.

I think they all share a lot of the same characteristics. Great discipline. Great physical and mental strength. Great work ethic. Great focus.

I think the speed of the game is still really fast, but my mental preparation is a little easier because I am more comfortable with what we are doing. I think that just comes with the experience of it.

I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.

I think the mental aspect is really big. After you lose about five in a row, you wonder if you can win. You forget what it tastes like to win.

It is a mental game, and as much as you hate to admit it, you do start pushing after a while. It was good to get it and good to be part of that rally that almost brought us back.

I think there is a little bit of mental letdown there for sure. We've done a little bit of that here in the last couple of weeks, and we're certainly not happy with them.

Just a huge mental mistake. Giving the game away in the opening minute of the second half to me is very foolish.

Just because we can't comprehend this kind of evil, doesn't mean he suffers a mental illness. We will never understand evil like this.

Jermaine has made some big hits, but the key thing is that he's never out of position. He really understands the mental side of the game. Dennis is a guy we can depend on to make good decisions.

Jason has the mental makeup and, to me, that's a huge part of it when you start thinking about double-jumping guys. It's 60-40 we will do it. It depends on the way he swings the bat in spring training.

Jason has gone through more injuries than any player we have ever coached. He has a great reservoir of faith and mental toughness. We are confident he will come back strong from this.

Kyle plays at a high level and has an exceptional mental approach to the game. Kyle is a smart player and really understands the game.

Last year, a lot of the games we loss were due to our youth. We've worked on the mental aspects of the game. A lot of the mistakes and inability to come through with the big hit when we needed had to with maturity.

Last week we had a lot of effort, but we were not focused mentally. Physically, the effort was there, but we had a lot of mental mistakes. That is what we are trying to improve on this week.

Larissa Johnson (Provo pitcher) is a clutch player, and we wouldn't be where we are without her. She put forth a lot of effort in this game. But it's hard for her when simple errors by the defense let the other team back into it. The last three innings were a mental game for her, but she pulled out of it. She knows how to be solid mentally.

I think Danny did well. His shoulder velocity is up, and I think his confidence is, too. He showed some health, and he showed some mental toughness in his games.

I see legislatures changing and taking more interest in mental health especially community-based care.

I said before the match that I did not see them scoring three or four goals on the basis of their recent matches. And when you create three or four chances in the first 20 minutes and don't score, it is going to be a big mental problem.

I said two years ago that the European fighters and the Africans would take control because I hate to say it their amateur system is better than our American system. They're benefiting from that good foundation, and then they're spending more time staying and training over here and getting used to a variety of styles that they don't see in Europe. They're also developing sort of a gangster mentality, whereas before their mental makeup was a little more delicate.

Penalties killed us and mental errors. I always say the team that plays the smartest wins and that's what happened tonight. We didn't play very smart.

Peaking is all about your mental state and how fresh mentally you are. I think last week we wrestled more energized because mentally we were better.

Our kids haven't learned to finish things that we start. I hope we learn this week. We used to pride ourselves. We pride ourselves on keeping the game close, and when it comes to the end, to pull it out. ... I can't remember the last time. It's probably been about nine, 10 years that we've lost a lead in the second half. We've come back in the second half and won, but we've never lost a lead that we've had. That's something we have to work on. That's nothing physically. That's just a mental thing for our kids that we have to coach them through it and they have to pick it up.

Our guys maintained mental focus and made sure every swing was important.

Our kids didn't blink. We didn't play so well in the third quarter but it didn't faze our kids. That mental toughness was awesome.

Our kids are always going to play hard, but gosh dang it, the penalties, the mental errors, so we'll work on that.

Our kids, all of them, made the plays that it took to win, and this is a big mental win for us. Now they know they can beat a good team. We need to take a lot of confidence from this. We need to build on this.

Our guys worked extremely hard, we thought well enough to win the game. We just made mental mistakes sometimes. Our effort was 100 percent and our mental game was probably 90 percent, but that's okay. Most teams will play 70 to 80 percent of both those.

Our hitting has been very much improved. I liked what I saw. Defensively we will get a little better. We made a few mental errors and that was the difference in the two losses.

Our children need to know that taking steroids cannot be tolerated. They need to learn the damaging mental and physical side effects of steroids.

Our challenge is a pretty great one. This time around, I like our team on paper better than 2002, but you don't win games on paper. On the field is how the teams will be judged. ... With a good training camp, good preparation games and the right mental approach, this will be a team that will challenge anybody in the World Cup.

Pam's comment to me was that she was sleeping with one eye open because she feared him. ... This was not the first time in the history of Jeff's mental illness that Pam feared him.

Over the years, I have been a house painter, farm worker, paste-up artist, Easter Bunny, pizza delivery person, homeless shelter staff member, and counselor for adults and kids with mental illness - I quit my last real job in 2000 to work on writing full-time.

Over the trip we played really well. The 6-0 record explains everything. From an offensive standpoint a lot of it was just mental and being able to get everybody their at bats. Everyone is comfortable now and we have our bats going into the conference season.

Our players are building mental toughness. It's really hard with a young team. It's very hard to close teams out in a close game. The more that you get experience at it and the more you learn from the experience is when you don't do it is where it can really help you.

Our pitching was strong today. James Madison took advantage of its opportunities. We weren't able to do that. We need to focus on our clutch hitting and our mental toughness.

Our sport needs spectator friendly and all the help it can get on that side. That adds to the allure of the race. And just from the mental side it helps you stay focused better knowing you do these loops and you're not just off on the course out in the middle of nowhere.

Our son's well-being is my sole focus. I am completely committed to doing what is in the best interest of our child. My wish is to partner with Sheryl to support our son in light of this announcement, I want our son to know that he has two parents who love him and support him and above all else are dedicated to ensuring his mental and emotional security.

Our culture has become increasingly intolerant of that acute sorrow, that intense mental anguish and deep remorse which may be defined as grief. We want to medicate such sorrow away.

Our top three players didn't give us anything (Saturday). We got it down to six and had a mental relapse. You force a turnover and turn the ball right back.

Overall mental health problems manifest as negative self-assessment of health, belief in a shortened life expectancy, lack of initiative, and dependency on assistance from the state.

Our western team was phenomenal and pulled us ahead. I was very disappointed in how the hunt team lost, especially with the mental lapses, but I was very proud of how the western team performed. That was what pulled us through.

Our youth deserve to know the truth about homosexuality - that people can choose to overcome same-sex attractions and that acting on those attractions results in devastating physical, mental and spiritual consequences.

Our young friend makes up for many obvious mental lacunae by some measure of primitive common sense, remarked Challenger.

Our base running was horrible and the mental mistakes is what is costing our team victories.

Our boys played hard. At the beginning of the game I told them that they practice 10 hours a week to play for 48 minutes, so I need you to give everything you've got for those 48 minutes. In the first half, they gave me everything they had for those first 24. It was just a great effort defensively. Offensively, we moved the ball up and down the field on them. But then mental mistakes put us in a bad position at times. It was definitely a major step forward over last week's Manteo game.

Right now, shelter, meals, water and mental health counseling are things people are in need of. But we're not always hearing exactly what the needs are, because we've had spotty communication with our people on the ground.

Physically, we have the ability to beat any team, but we have a lot of work to do with the mental aspect of the game.

Physical jobs will be done by robots and mental jobs will be done by smart computers.

Physical condition is not the only quality that is important. Also mental training. Mental training doesn't happen over one day or 10 days. It's over 10 years.

(Pickford) did a good job and we're real pleased with the way she has evolved. Her mental side is starting to catch up after a rough start. It was just a mental thing for her, she just had a hard time getting her step off and couldn't get her foot to land at the specific place.