Tewksbury Quotes

True confidence is the realization that when things are challenging, you know that you have the internal resources not only to cope with those times but to overcome them with time, effort and persistence. Confidence is a feeling, but it comes and goes. It is drained when players fail to meet their often unrealistic expectations. It is improved by thinking good thoughts and remembering past successes. A negative thought never leads to a positive result.

Inner dialogue should be focused on what the player wants to do in a situation and not on what he doesn’t want to do or doesn’t want to happen.

having a set of anchor statements in mind, a player can (1) be aware of the thought, (2) delete it, (3) take a breath and (4) insert an anchor statement to merge back onto the positive path.