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How to Think Like a Champion

by

Ed Tseng

Peak Performance Expert
Tennis Pro of the year, USTA 2005
Author of Game. Set. Life

 

1. Winners do what losers don't feel like doing.

2. Winners look the same whether they're winning or losing.
    Losers act how they feel.

3. Winners loosen up and focus more when the pressure's on.
    Losers tighten up.

4. Losers are in their sport.
    Winners are into their sport.

5. Winners focus on the things they can control (effort, attitude, strategy, mindset, energy).
    Losers focus on what they can's control (weather, opponents, winning/losing, line calls).

6. Winners ask how.  How can I make an adjustment?
    Losers ask why.  Why do I keep missing that shot?

7. Losers focus on the past and the future.
    Winners focus on the present moment.

8. Winners focus on the process (effort).
    Losers focus on the product (winning/losing).

9. Winners learn from their losses.
    Losers don't.

10. Winners go all out.
      Losers hold back.

 

Ed Tseng is the founder of the Tseng Performance Academy.  He is an internationally recognized tennis pro (Pro of the Year USTA/NJD 2005), peak performance expert and author. He has delivered lectures at the USTA Tennis Teachers Conference, Special Olympics, Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce, Mercer County Juvenile Detention Center, Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education, Harlem Tennis Program and numerous sports teams.  His book, “Game. Set. Life.” has been on Amazon’s Top 10 in Sports Psychology and featured at the 2009 US Open.  For more information and daily peak performance messages, visit www.edtseng.com.