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Jonah Oliver

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Quotes by Jonah Oliver

"Our brain craves reducing uncertainty. Uncertainty is the hardest human emotion."

- Jonah Oliver

Awareness

"It’s not about positive thinking it’s about taking positive action, no matter what you feel. There are no gold medals for the best positive self talk at the Olympics. Sport is a behaviour."

- Jonah Oliver

Motivation

"It’s not about motivation, it’s about connecting to what matters."

- Jonah Oliver

Motivation

"It’s not about reducing pressure it’s about building the capacity to embrace more."

- Jonah Oliver

Resilience

"One of the biggest errors we have made in elite sport is we use the word confident when we actually mean competent. I can’t sing. I am not competent at singing. Put six beers in me in a karaoke bar and now I’m confident … but I am still terrible at singing."

- Jonah Oliver

Self-confidence

"Competition is an ordinary performance on a special day."

- Jonah Oliver

Focus

"You know what we worry about, things we care about. I didn’t get nervous making breakfast this morning."

- Jonah Oliver

Facing Fears