“The way to get through anything mentally painful is to take it a little at a time. The mind can't handle dealing with a massive iceberg of pain in front of it, but it can deal with short nuggets that will come to an end. So instead of thinking, Ugh, I've got twenty-four miles to go, focus on making it to the next telephone pole in the distance. Whether you're running twenty or one hundred and twenty miles at a time, the distance has to be tackled mentally and physically one mile at a time. The ability to compartmentalize pain into these small bite sizes is key.” ThinkingWayMindLittlesEndsRunningPainNextAbilityDealsFocusFourFrontsKeysHundredTwentiesDistanceSizePainfulMilesHandleMassiveBitesTelephonesIcebergUghNuggetsMiles To Go Book:Spartan Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life Source: Spartan Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life
“If you are thinking about mistakes during games then you are not concentrating on what is important which is the next shot or the next cross or whatever you have to deal with in that game. The mental side of things is massive, probably the biggest.” IfsThinkingImportantNextGamesSidesDealsMistakeShotsCrossesMassiveConcentrating Author:Shay Given
“It's fun to deal with the terror and the huge highs and lows of things. We're still getting massive surprises, anytime there's any Twilight-related event or anything.” StillsFunDealsEventsHugeLowsSurpriseTerrorRelatedMassiveTwilightHighs And Lows Author:Robert Pattinson