“Our brain craves reducing uncertainty. Uncertainty is the hardest human emotion.”
"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
"She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within."
- Beauty and the Beast
Awareness
"We should never judge someone based on their appearance."
- Beauty and the Beast
Awareness
"Beauty and ugliness are merely subjective labels. What matters is who we are inside."
- Beauty and the Beast
Awareness
"When we see beyond appearances, we discover the true essence of a person."
- Beauty and the Beast
Awareness
"Worry is a misuse of imagination."
Awareness