The NBA needs more of that ‘it’s-about-us-against-them’ mentality.
Every health expert tells you to eat breakfast. I had the mentality, ‘I’ll save those calories!’ But then you are starving, and you overeat.
My mentality has always been focused around the mindset that you have to earn everything. So even if you get told that you’re going to play, I take that with a pinch of salt and respect all the comments, but for me, I have to earn my place.
I don’t want to put off negative vibes to my teammates. That’s kind of my leadership mentality.
I never knew how tough it was to play that 14-second shot clock mentality.
There’s a certain reason why certain people win because they have a winning mentality and they bring it into the locker room, into the gym every single day. You can’t have enough of those people.
Europeans don’t seem to have the groupie mentality.
I don’t think I would take the game with the same mentality that I do now if I hadn’t been injured.
That’s my mentality. Just because somebody has fouled me, there is no reason for me to be nasty to him. I try to respect football as much as possible, and when someone is injured, you put the ball out.
As an athlete, you’re brought up with that mentality that you finish everything you start. If you’re going to start a meal, you’re going to finish it until the plate is clean. I had to change that mentality to one of where, ‘I eat until I’m full and leave the rest.’
Kids’ shows appeal to a fun-loving mentality that I hope all humans, no matter how old they are, have some ability to relate to.
My older brothers, they know how to keep my head straight and be thinking about what I need to do on the court. Now I have that in me, that mentality, that I want to get better and better every game. Thanks to them, they showed me the way.
It is of great concern that the fabric of African life, its very source of hope and stability, is threatened by divorce, abortion, prostitution, human trafficking, and a contraception mentality.
Instead of focusing on this sort of defeatist mentality where we’ve gotta up the minimum wage, why don’t we focus on creating better-paying jobs?
Personally, I see little distinction between an artistic mentality and criminality. You couldn’t possibly create a compelling story without some wickedness or some fascination with the disgusting. Being good is a hindrance to a writer.
Arrogance generally is a bad thing, but with a band, somehow you have to have this gang mentality or this certain degree of arrogance to push forward an idea that’s new enough that people aren’t comfortable with it at first.
‘m just going to be a good friend to my kid. One thing I definitely want to change is that whole ‘I don’t want you to make the same mistakes’ mentality. My dad didn’t have much money growing up; he didn’t have much of an education. He forced that on me, and I didn’t want it.
Usually, the extras have a different mentality. I had the mentality of an artist, because I was a ‘ballet-rina.’ But most extras are out to make a fast buck for nothing. They’re ‘atmosphere.’
Moving to England, again it’s a new language to learn, and I’ve got to get use to the mentality, the culture, but I think I’ve integrated myself really well into this team, and I’m happy so far.
When I couldn’t play at West Ham, I kept my mentality, and I went to train every day to be a better player.
In football, physical condition is very important, but the head is the most important thing. If you don’t have the head, if the mentality is not good, then you are in trouble.
There is a specific mentality that is put into the young players at Barcelona, and from nine or 10 years old, you have to make good seasons because, if not, you are out.
Just because a woman is beautiful doesn’t mean she can’t be a good wife. If her beauty affects her personality, then it’s her mentality that’s at fault… not the tilt of her nose.
Men are at every stage of evolution, from the most barbarous to the most developed; men are found of lofty intelligence, but also of the most unevolved mentality; in one place there is a highly developed and complex civilisation, in another a crude and simple polity.
I struggled in London for a very long time. ‘Be prepared to struggle a lot’ – it’s a European mentality. The American mentality is positive and ‘You can do it’ and ‘Everything’s possible.’ In Europe it’s an older, more realistic way of thinking. You feel like you’re having to prove that you can do it.
There are really four ‘headlines’ for me: honesty, integrity, hard work, and what I call a ‘can-do’ attitude. You could call that ‘can-do’ attitude optimism, but it is not Pollyannaish optimism. Rather, it is a ‘we’ll figure it out’ type of mentality.
A community having the breadth and scope of a people still cannot claim to be an ethnic community unless and until there emerges from its mentality a distinctive culture particularized by the community’s special character.
Once you start having success, it’s easy to forget the mentality that got you started as a kid.
I think all the great ones have it. They just have a will they can put on their teammates. Refuse to lose mentality. When you step in the huddle with any of those guys, you’re so calm that he knows what the heck he’s doing and he can get the job done.
Some people, with a certain nostalgia, the worshippers and admirers of the colonial system, cherish and nurse its structures instead of smashing them. This is typical of a mentality in bondage to decadent values, negative values – counter-revolutionary values.
Across Africa there is what I call a colonialist mentality or orthodoxy. Orthodoxy in the sense that a lot of things have gone wrong in Africa in the post-colonial period. And time and time again, any time something went wrong, the leadership claims that it was never their fault.
I’ve always looked up to Big Nog. He’s a legend in the sport and has the mentality that so many fans love, and it’s what got me into fighting. He’s a man’s man and a real fighter.
I love to act, but business is more interesting because it’s more competitive and involves more people. There’s more ‘now’ mentality and energy. Intellectually, it’s a lot more interesting.
I still have the mentality of a street musician, because I was one for five years. Every opportunity that comes my way, I feel like, ‘Absolutely, let’s do this.’ Sometimes, it’s to my detriment. But I don’t think you become successful by not saying yes to opportunities.
Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.
I learnt a lot in Germany, and the German mentality really helped me. It was an enormous step in my life.
I feel like rap fit me better. I could hoop. I could have went and did that, but this is my lifestyle, my temperament, my mentality.
Just a whole different style, just a whole different way of going about an audience and a way about skating. And they are so brilliant in their own way, which is great, and that’s what Brian was saying; is the styles are different, and it’s the whole mentality.
It’s been a long road. I’ve been cut, I’ve been all over the place, but my mentality has never changed.
In Denmark, you are sure to play if you were good, but Ajax played you if you did not have the mentality and went 100 percent to it.
Obviously, once you’ve won a World Cup, your mentality and responsibilities change. I’m not saying we now feel superior every time we play. But we do believe that, with our way of playing, we can achieve great things. We absolutely want to win it, as doing so would mean this generation has won every title possible.
On my estate, there are older guys and there are dangerous things happening. But I had my ball with me and that made me feel safe. That’s where I developed my strength, mentality and ruthlessness.
People around me, they can give me talks, they can tell me what to do, but if I don’t have the right mentality, then nothing good is going to happen for me because I’m not going to be confident.
The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.
Sergio Ramos has a winning mentality and has great experience.
We function in a pack mentality. This is our tribe. And this is how we are exploited – sold a bill of goods and a household of products.
I’m a creative person, and I’ve got a lot of ideas. People probably thought that my mentality was quick fame because I made ‘Rack City’ and it blew up fast, but I have over 1,000 songs recorded.
We’ve got this cultural mentality that you’ve got to be an idiot to be a farmer.
I have a different mentality than most guys, I guess.
I started to get addicted to the Jerry Rice mentality. I can get up before anyone else does. I can outwork anyone.
I don’t love the whole Hollywood mentality, but I do love the weather and how motivated everyone is around here. It motivates me to make fun music. I’m an East Coaster – I’m from New Jersey, so I’ll probably feel like that forever.
I have to show off my struggle so that people accept that I’m black. No matter that every single room I go to, I’m usually the darkest person there… I kind of resent that mentality. I’m just an individual.
I was surrounded by nature and trying to come to terms with this blissful nature versus the inhumane mentality of war. People were being deluded by someone using the word peace.
