“Competitive sports are played mainly on a five-and-a-half inch court, the space between your ears.”
"The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight."
- Arthur Ashe
Balance
"We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity, both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy."
- Arthur Ashe
Compassion
"You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself, your own highest standards, and when you reach your limits, that is real joy."
- Arthur Ashe
Personal Growth
"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."
- Arthur Ashe
Motivation
"One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation."
- Arthur Ashe
Motivation
"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."
- Henry David Thoreau
Mindfulness
"Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince."
- Anon
Mindfulness
"You have to think it before you can do it. The mind is what makes it all possible."
- Kai Greene
Mindfulness
"Your mind is the key to your body’s strength."
- Unknown
Mindfulness
"Your limits are all in your mind."
- Unknown
Mindfulness