Championship Mindset Quotes

Take the time to train your mind.

Perhaps, there was something missing in me, a lack of empathy without which even love and happiness are merely a part of that struggle toward championship.

Fully commit to being a person of formidable intelligence and tenacity and a champion focused on every aspect of your own life.

Always sit on ready so you don't have to get ready.

Obstacles and setbacks are inevitable. How you respond to them will determine if you have what it takes to meet challenges and become a champion. 

Elite performers win in their minds first. The mind is a battleground where the greatest struggle takes place. The thoughts that win the battle for your mind will direct your life. Mental state affects physical performance. The mind constantly sends messages to the body, and the body listens and responds. Therefore, elite warriors train their minds to focus and think in a way that maximizes how they practice and how they perform in competition. Getting your mind right means managing two things: A) What you focus on. B) How you talk to yourself. If you focus on negative things and talk to yourself in negative ways, that will put you into a negative mindset. Your performance will suffer. If you focus on productive things and talk to yourself in productive ways, that will put you into a productive mindset. Your performance will be enhanced. We teach our players to replace low-performance self-talk with high-performance self-talk. We tell our players, “The voice in your mind is a powerful force. Take ownership of that force.

Champion... being a champion has nothing to do with sports... its a mindset.. A skill of looking at challenges that seem impossible, and Rising Up To Overcome.. You don't quit, you don't give up.... You get it Done no matter what.. No matter how many losses you get,, No matter how big the obstacles are.. You outlast until you are the one on top with your Team Mates.. Period.. IT takes a Leader and a Championship Team... but you only get that with The Mindset of a Champion...

If someone slaps you, be matured enough to learn whether it's love or hate, and that maturity shall make you a champion.

There are coaches out there,” Wooden says, “who have won championships with the dictator approach, among them Vince Lombardi and Bobby Knight. I had a different philosophy.… For me, concern, compassion, and consideration were always priorities of the highest order.” Read

You're not born to be ordinary, you're born to be above all.

Without talent, you may lose a battle; without teamwork, you've already lost the war.

Pat Riley called this our “disease of more.” Across his career, where he racked up eight NBA championship titles as a coach or GM, he noticed that championship teams across sports usually fail to win again the next year. “Success,” he wrote, “is often the first step toward disaster.” At first, pro athletes just want more wins. But once they win a championship, “more” shifts. They begin to focus their attention on a newly perceived scarcity. They now want more sponsorships, more playing time, more money, more individual recognition.

Champions have different mentality they have a stronger self belief.

Highly ambitious individuals maintain a keen understanding of the evolution and inner workings of their industry. They are outside-the-box thinkers with a strong eye for innovation and productivity which is what sets them apart from others in the workplace.

For Sanders, success isn’t measured solely in touchdowns or championships; it’s reflected in the character of the young men he sends back into the world. (BLOG - Deion Sanders: A Coach, A Father, A Blueprint for Success)