Mentality Quotations

I had to develop the mentality and stay positive about making my comeback.

When my family did shy away from Indian food, we'd eat a lot of Chinese. We'd use the wok a lot. I never had a problem with Brussels sprouts or broccoli growing up. I always grew up with the mentality of finishing your plate.

It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise, I cannot change the mentality of those who committed the crimes or the fools who followed them.

This campaign was special because we always kept the challenger mentality we had from the start. We managed to keep the against-all-odds, can-do spirit that kept us going when no one thought we could win.

Every player needs a little time to adjust to new teammates and the mentality of the coach when you change clubs.

Having spent the greater part of my life under a Communist dictatorship, I am very familiar with the Bolshevik mentality according to which an author in general, and an eminent author in particular, is always guilty, and must be punished accordingly.

Team sports are very important for shaping personalities. It's important that kids understand the mentality behind playing team sports and playing for one another and playing with friends.

The Apple mentality is really about creating focus, quality and a voice that people understand and can relate to.

I'm going to outplay you. That's the mentality I have, and you should want to outplay me.

Dancers work and they work and they work, and they master their skills so far that improvisation just comes flowing out of them. Their natural expression of the best they can possibly be comes out of them because there is no boundary to hold them back... That's the mentality that I'm trying to create, recreate and hold on to forever.

A key to the mentality of the left is that it judges itself by its best intentions, and judges its opponents - America chief among them - by their worst deeds.

The mentality we have in India is not very sporting.

My mom was really cool. She's the one that gave me the mentality about believing in myself and trusting it, that I was always gonna be okay, and that I could do things in a special way. She just pumped me up, you know?

Obviously there are positives to working in the epicenter of innovation. But there are also disadvantages. There is a groupthink mentality that goes on. Being based outside of Silicon Valley, you're not as subject to it.

For me as a writer, Albanian is simply an extraordinary means of expression - rich, malleable, adaptable. As I have said in my latest novel, 'Spiritus,' it has modalities that exist only in classical Greek, which puts one in touch with the mentality of antiquity.

There's, you know, there's an ideology behind Ultron that makes him more unique that just a bad guy. He doesn't wanna just kill the Avengers. He doesn't wanna just destroy the world. He has these monologues and these beautiful speeches that kind of embody a certain mentality about what's wrong with humanity.

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.

The mentality with African and European people is different. In Africa, when you come from a difficult life, when it's not so easy to eat, not so easy to survive, you respect money when you start to earn it, and you respect people more. When you respect people, they will respect you, and your life is better for that.

I think we're a deeper team, a better team, we still have work to do... nothing is guaranteed, but hopefully we got the mentality to play on the road, and we're starting to get our home thing back in order now-if we can do that we'll be just fine.

You have to play with the mentality that you are about to lose your job, and that they're going to talk about 'The Other Guy' first. You have to think, 'I want my name mentioned first.'

I think it is the easiest mentality for a human being to be either colonized or to colonize. The structure of either the slave or the master seems to be the simplest and the most relaxing one to slip into. Either you are a slave, and you don't have to think for yourself, or you're a master, and you don't have to work for yourself.

The NBA needs more of that 'it's-about-us-against-them' mentality.

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.'

The one mentality I've always tried to have is that no matter what stage in your career that you are in as a musician or a performer or a songwriter or whatever, there's always more to learn.

Throughout the 19th century, when there was a laissez-faire mentality and insufficient regulation, you had one crisis after another. Each crisis brought about some reform. That is how central banking developed.

I've tried to bring the mentality of the outside linebacker to the inside and the rough, tough style of an inside linebacker to the outside. The middle linebacker always has been known as kind of a big plugger. Outside guys are known to be able to run. I just try to make big plays wherever I am.

What modern humans need help with is escaping from the despair of politics, commerce and media, escaping from the drabness and oppressiveness of worldly values and seeing through suburban mentality and normal community standards so that they can find some much-needed relief for their wilting souls.

You begin to take on the mentality of your coach. If he feels so confident, then I feel confident.

It's amazing, the mentality shift that occurs in pregnancy. All of a sudden you want to be good to yourself.

I'm a perfectionist. And that's served me very well in my career. It allows me to handle these large, complex problems without letting things fall through the cracks... That is the mentality you have to have to attack these complex problems of chip design, for example, when you're overwhelmed with complexity.

I do that mostly because I believe that the fantasy business is in terrible trouble right now, for several reasons, not the least of which being the almost Democrat vs. Republican mentality of readers on the Internet.

I like the mentality of the Americans. It's like when you talk about money.

I have developed a Samoan mentality. You have to be a gentleman everywhere but on the field.

Over the course of my life, I have made many transitions - most of them taking me further away from my Somali roots and steadily toward the enlightened mentality of Western democracy.

I wouldn't do a film like 'The Dirty Picture.' I have a husband and kids, and I won't be able to do justice to such a role. You need a certain mentality and ease to carry such a character.

We've got this cultural mentality that you've got to be an idiot to be a farmer.

Do not hide behind utopian logic which says that until we have the perfect security environment, nuclear disarmament cannot proceed. This is old-think. This is the mentality of the Cold War era. We must face the realities of the 21st century. The Conference on Disarmament can be a driving force for building a safer world and a better future.

We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's.

Europeans don't seem to have the groupie mentality.

I've always been very cautious with what I do. You know, that started at a young age. I always had the approach or the mentality I never wanted to embarrass my parents.

The perception has been sort of an 'us-against-them' mentality in the NHL for a long period of time. I think this addresses that perception, and builds the idea of a partnership.

We started the game touching the ball nicely. The first eight to 10 minutes we were in their box four times, and we didn't have a player that wanted to put one away. We didn't have the mentality to put the ball away, and there is no excuse for that.

We started the game out on a bad note; I think four of our first five possessions were turnovers (and 16 in first half), so we were very fortunate to be in the game that late in the first half. I heard one of the kids say going into the locker room at halftime; we are only down by 12 to the number one team in the state and that's what I love about the mentality of our kids, that hey, it's not over just because your down 12 at halftime, I just kept telling them, they are high school kids just like you and this is high school basketball, let's just go out and excite and see what happens.

We're in a pennant race, but the mentality is more of a postseason situation where every game is important enough to win right now, ... We can't be thinking long term.

Watching that tape last night, it's amazing the mentality (of Washington) going after the basketball and not just the kids that are five, six, seven feet away from it. It boils down to your base defense, and being able to lock in on it. Being able to play people head up and contesting shots and getting the block-out scheme.

We're going to talk shutout this week. We're going to talk shutout next week. That's just our mentality as a defense.

We're going to talk shutout this week, ... We're going to talk shutout next week. That's just our mentality as a defense.

When we came out at halftime, that's all we were thinking about shutting these guys out. It was like we were seven points down, that's the mentality we tried to take into the second half.

When we come to the rink we're having fun, but we also expect to win, ... That's a great mentality to have.

When we first uncovered the creative genius of the underground skateboard mentality of 'Jackass,' we knew it would resonate with our young adult audience,

We bring a hotel mentality to renting condos.

Working with Tony Jr.'s going to be a lot of run. We've already tested with each other, and we've got a good mentality ... This is a new start. We've always been close, but the working relationship is definitely improved.

with the mentality of going out and scoring 40 points.

We're finding roadblocks because they have a cookie-cutter mentality to producing buildings. How successful we'll be (in convincing them) is still up in the air, and we can't force them to do this, but we hope to convince them through the power of persuasion.

We want everybody out there, and we miss the guys who are out, but there's a mentality in the room where we're focused on what's in front of us. It's just something that builds over the course of the year.

We were already rotating a lot before we signed Andre. I'll go to camp with the mentality that I'm still the starter, but I know I'm going to get a lot of snaps whether I start or not.

The Stag at Bay with the mentality of a fox at large.

This was as good of a pitching outing by three people that I could hope for. We had the Great White Shark mentality I've been preaching about.

We really have to have a junkyard dog mentality and that's the way we have to play. I want us to be a very disciplined, committed, hard-working team and in your face.

We didn't want to go through this by choice. That is how it went. Last year, we were a No. 1 seed. This year, we had to win our final four games just to get here. So we've been on a playoff mentality the last four weeks of the regular season. It's win or go home, so we've gotten used to playing with pressure.

When it was time to get the job done and win games, he was right there. Kind of a quiet - not a mean streak - but that mentality of business first, fun later when you're off the ice.

The poor will always be among us. In their mind, as long as they get gas and electricity, they're OK. But what about the next month? And the next? . . . The challenge is helping people to break out of the mentality of poverty.

The one thing that those guys do is they try to beat you every possession, which is a mentality we have to recapture around here.

We have just changed our mentality a little bit. I think we started focusing a little more.

There are things that we still need to do. There's certain things at stake and our guys understand that. Also, we need to keep improving as a football team. That's the mentality that this group has taken on. They understand that they haven't reached their peak.

When I'm boxing I'm strictly in the mentality of a boxer. When I'm a nurse I'm strictly in the mentality of a nurse. When I'm around the boys I'm a mom. That is truly my number one job.

Random, meaningless groups can adopt an us-versus-them mentality.

Let's not let these individuals with this devil mentality corrupt our city. For people who are scared to come forth, come forth. We shouldn't have to be afraid.

Lots of members have been appalled at the kind of Gilded Age mentality of the party. Others felt like they had to take one for the team.

Leave, go ahead and go on out, we don't need that kind of a spirit or mentality and a narrowness on that kind of commission. I'm glad they're gone.

Leading on the field, doing the dirty work, battling when you are tired and showing the guys the right mentality -- I bring that on the field.

Setting high goals for your staff, and guiding them to think with an out-of-the-box mentality is important.

She's probably the only kid I've ever had that didn't have any type of basketball skills at all. But she's just got that mentality that if I can't be the best I'm going to try so that I can be the best.

She's leaving because she originally only had a year contract. But she was such an amazing addition to the potty-mouthed, frat-house brotherhood mentality on the show. It's a huge cliffhanger, one of the best ever. It's pretty fantastical how they shot it.

Since the very first time I saw Gary at Baylor, I loved the fact that he was big, tough, fast and he could hit. He's also very versatile, and can play corner and even safety if needed. He brings a football temperament and mentality we like and has developed into the consummate professional.

She's a competitor and she was disappointed. It's the same mentality all our athletes take.

Most of us don't think forwarding a racist joke or speaking in an insulting 'comedic' accent is appropriate at the workplace. Unfortunately, for those raised in the toxic culture of conservatism, the sort of mentality that leads government employees to do those things is widespread.

My inspiration is European fashion. I'm really into Euro fashion, and I also love rock n' roll. That's the mentality that I like to have when I'm dealing with fashion.

My family is heavily involved in the Marines and close-combat training, and I was raised doing Japanese sword training, so I've always been of the mentality that you have to be able to defend yourself.

Now you've got the herd mentality rushing to the fore. This whole thing is nothing more than a reality check: it's a warning shot across the bow of the tech sector. The day traders and the tech-heavy investors, I think, are a little scared right now.

Now our errors are not killing us. Our mentality is improving too. It was a good weekend for us.

Neither of us had been playing; both of us were rusty. But he found a way to get back in the rhythm, hit the next shot and move on. You have to have that kind of mentality to play quarterback.

Nobody would choose to have a disease visited upon them. Still, Parkinson's forced me to make a fundamental life decision: adopt a siege mentality - or embark upon a life journey.

Perhaps we should make it into a school or a hospital. It symbolized the mentality of Saddam Hussein, and then it also became the symbol of everything that went wrong during the occupation.

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.

I was going to leave it all out on the court. That's the mentality I had for this game.

I was really trying to get a ground-ball double play. But once I got to two strikes, my mentality changed over to try to punch these guys out.

I was shocked at how they played us and the confidence they had. They were arrogant and that's how you have to be. They had that mentality of 'I'm going in the arena and beat their (butts).' We didn't have that.

I would pray. You talk to any Big 12 coach and they're baffled how to defend her, and they've been facing her all season. . . . She has the ability and mentality to do whatever she wants and will her team to win.

I wish I could put her heart and determination into all of my girls. She has the mentality that this is my year.

I would definitely want kids. Would they be dancers? I dunno. That's up to them. If they show interest, I will push them do the best. I was not brought up in a dancer's family. I was brought up in a family where the mentality was whatever you do, you gotta try to be the best at it.

If we have a talent edge, it's very slight. But what we do have is a mental edge. Because of our winning streak, we have players who have a mentality that they will win. Being at home helps all that much more.

If these kids had to choose between playing offense or defense, I think most of them would choose defense. It's always been that way, even when I played here (Nelson is a 1983 Fertile-Beltrami graduate). It's just the mentality we've always had - getting after things, swarming to the ball, laying in the hits.

If this kid maintains the same type of mentality and approach that he possesses right now, it's a matter of time before you start strongly talking about the fact that he is a candidate to come here and start a Major League game. I look at this guy as being a very good starting pitcher some day.

I have had threats, people saying they were going to get me. The police have told me to alter my routine, not to frequent certain pubs and clubs. There's a playground-bully mentality that I have lived with.

I didn't change anything - I went out there with the same mentality (that inning).

I had quite a repressed childhood. I was born in '55 and by the mid '60s it was still very much a sort of '50s mentality there, being so remote. I just found it stifling. And at some point - I think I was about 12 - I came to the conclusion that it was going to be difficult to survive that little society somehow intact.

I can't say enough about the hitters. They battled counts - went up there with the mentality of not trying to tie it with one swing or 'we need home runs to win.' They just battled, got on and stuck to our game plan.

If anything, I think we're playing too loose. Maybe we have the mentality that our schedule has only one playoff team in our remaining seven games or so. But this is the NHL, and every team has pride and every player has individual pride. There is no such thing as an easy game.

If anyone wants to look at the quantum leap at IBM, they should look at profit margins. Investors have to be savvy enough to accept the fact that sometimes smaller is better, but that's not the mentality on Wall Street. That may be why IBM is not getting the credit they deserve.