Champions behave like champions before they are champions
Interpretation
The mindset and behaviors of champions precede their actual achievements.
This quote emphasizes the importance of adopting a champion's mindset and habits before achieving success. It suggests that successful individuals behave and think like champions, which sets the foundation for their future accomplishments.
In practice
A coach inspiring their team before a big game.
When you stand and overcome a significant setback, you'll find an increasing inner confidence and self-assurance that has been created by conquering defeat. Absorbing and overcoming this kind of punishment engenders a sober, steely toughness that results in a hardened sense of independence and a personal belief that you can take on anything, survive and win.
Invest in great relationships, they will pay a lifetime of dividends.
Many people erroneously think they have only one chance to succeed, and if they miss that chance, they are doomed to failure. In fact, most people have several opportunities to succeed.
The culture precedes positive results. It doesn't get tacked on as an afterthought on your way to the victory stand. Champions behave like champions before they're champions: they have a winning standard of performance before they are winners.
If you see players who hate practice, their coach isn't doing a very good job.
Strength of will - is essential to your survival and success. The competitor who won't go away, who won't stay down, has one of the most formidable competitive advantages of all. In evaluating people, I prize ego. It often translates into a fierce desire to do their best and an inner confidence that stands them in good stead when things really get rough. Psychologists suggest that there is a strong link between ego and competitiveness. All the great performers I've ever coached had ego to spare.
Rebel children, I urge you, fight the turgid slick of conformity with which they seek to smother your glory.
I'm far from being god, but I work god damn hard.
One of my first races came over 10km in 2002. I won that race and it felt great. I would say that is when I first fell in love with running.
You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.
You have to understand how bad I wanted to be a comedian, how much I loved doing it. I still can't believe I get to do this for a living and have people come up and want to see me.
Goal setting has traditionally been based on past performance. This practice has tended to perpetuate the sins of the past.
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