The Mindset and Spirit of a Champion -

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Champions can bring out their “best stuff” at the right time, peaking at the biggest events.
“When it ‘comes to the crunch’ on crucial points, he has the ability to raise his game. He has an extra gear and knows, really knows that he is still going to win. “
- Pete Sampras on Roger Federer
“As the artist of your own life, you need a sense of destiny – no one will believe in you,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], if you can’t believe in yourself…first.”
* Integrity: Because, if you lose that, you’ve lost everything,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!
“Life is measured, not in years alone, but in achievement.”
- New Zealand Grand Prix driver, Bruce McLaren, tragically killed in a testing accident in 1970… and a humble, unassuming man of great integrity.
You only fail, if you quit!
* Tenacity (a spirit of tenacity in never giving up). Great,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!
A “champ” is down at times,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but ever out!
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In the midst of difficulties and severe hardship, say “this too shall pass and will work out for my ultimate good”.
PPS
To dearest dad,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], see the dream never died. It just took another course!
"I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
- champion basketballer, Michael Jordan
“The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.”
- Harold Taylor
A chrystal-clear focus on attaining their objectives (short-medium and long-term), goals and dreams. However, their main focus is on the BIG long-term goals.
“To live your life in your own way
To reach the goals you’ve set for yourself
To be the person you want to be -
That is success.”
- author anon
Champions are mentally strong. With peak physical fitness comes mental strength.
They have very strong
* Mental application to the task at hand.
* Total focus and concentration:
They have a great ability to concentrate, ie. total focus (on the task at hand). Champion racing drivers, like Sebastian Vettel are different from other athletes in that he has the capacity to take control of many things and make numerous split-second decisions in precise time.
* Unshakable belief: a passionate conviction in their abilities
“And in this there is for us mere mortals a sobering humility in the knowledge that they have not just had the gifts, but were prepared to work far beyond the normal physical and mental boundaries to develop them to the full extent of their powers.”
- fine writing by Ian Gillies writing about former All-Black rugby player Ian Kirkpatrick in the Gisborne Herald (web site [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] )
And YOU too can be a winner in the “game of life”
If you can dream it, then you can DO it.”
Then when you can Do it, you too can BE the champion of your own life,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!
Then as the Nike dad says,
just DO IT!
“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind”
- Winston Churchill (in his speech to Harvard University in 1943)
The Will to win
“He was the epitomy of the Springbok flanker: tough, indomitable and with an outstanding work ethic.”
- South African Rugby Union President Oregan Hoskins on superb Springbok flanker Rueben Kruger, who died aged 39 in January 2010.
* DETERMINATION:
“He is the embodiment of grit and determination.” (the "will to win")
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“We share what we know, so that we all may grow.”
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As Woody Allen once said:
“Life is what happens between making other plans!”
* A “cast-iron” will... the "will to win"
When the “chips are down”, true champions possess “true grit”,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a fighting spirit to succeed against all the odds.
"Champions are not made in the gym… Champions need both WILL and skill. However, the will must be stronger than the skill.”
- Muhammad Ali
Finally… and most importantly,
Champions have a sense of destiny.
“Champs” love a sense of challenge. They are inspired to test their own boundaries, their personal ceilings… continually.
Article Title: The Mindset and Spirit of a Champion
Shared by: Craig Lock
Category (key words/tags): Champion, motivation, inspiration,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], empowerment, sport, sport psychology, positive psychology, achievement, peak performance (enough there for now, craig!)
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“There is one only one success: to be able to spend your life in your own way”
- Christopher Morley
* “A “killer instinct” – the fighting ability to succeed at all costs.
Failure is not something that defines who we are (as it inevitably happens to all of us along life’s journey). Failure is simply temporary occasions we have encountered along the road to eventual success. Failure doesn’t mean that you have failed – it’s just that you haven’t succeeded… YET!
Then comes ...
“The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to
sacrifice what we are for what we could become.”
- Charles Du Bos
* They possess the ability to compartamentalize their thinking.
A “meticulous mind”, being able to compartamentalize different aspects of their thinking. Like three-time world motor-racing champion Scotsman, Jackie Stewart said, they have great mind management skills.
* DESPERATION (“God responds to desperation”):
* Inner CONFIDENCE. .. and that is why the mental as aspect,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the "top two inches" is critical to achievement and peak performance. Just trust the process!
"Greatness is forged in the valleys of adversity and even occasional despair.”
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* Champions are intelligent people,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who understand themselves – what motivates them and what “presses their hot buttons”. They know what inspires them and apply that knowledge. To do something about HOW to achieve their dreams.
THE MINDSET AND SPIRIT OF A CHAMPION
In this article we’ll look into the heads of the greatest champions… and perhaps we “ordinary” (what’s that) can learn and apply these principles in our own “top two inches”.
Here are a few thoughts on developing the right mindset, mentality to achieve “greatness”in whatever field you may choose.:
So what are the qualities, the traits (nice word that,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!) of a champion?
To “kick off”, here are the four "D's" of important,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], no essential “virtues”:
* DESIRE: True champions have a burning fire within them. One that motivates them and inspires them to “challenge history".
So
FAIL YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS!
Unlock YOUR potential. The sky is the limit,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!
* Consistency of performance. That is what characterised a person “at the very top of their game”.
They are extremely precise in whatever they do… and when in the zone” they display a “metronomic” consistency in performance.
They easily get into the rhythm, then maintain it for long periods.
“Together, one mind, one life at a time, let’s see how many people we can impact, empower, uplift and encourage to reach their fullest potentials.”
“sports-fanatic couch-pot-ato” craig
* DISCIPLINE:
They have a cast-iron determination to work really hard at their craft.
… to be the very best!
Champion sportspeople and athletes work really hard on strength and stamina (fortunately "matchstick-men" writers don't have to make that sacrifice)
* Inspiration (after the work has already begun)
Now let us look at this mental area in a bit more depth...
“Shared by Craig Lock Eagle Productions
(“Information and Inspiration Distributer,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Writer for Self Empowerment, Incorrigible Encourager,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], People-builder and Dreamer”)
“Only when we’ve been in the deepest valley can know what it’s like to stand on the highest peak.”
- I love those inspiring and empowering words from former US President, Richard Nixon

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