It’s such a psychological and mental game, golf, that the smallest wrong thing at the wrong time can distract you from what you’re trying to achieve.

~ Lee Westwood

I understand that I’m not perfect. I made mistakes and I had a hand in everything that’s happened to me, good and bad.

~ Dwyane Wade

Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.

~ Morihei Ueshiba

You learn from your mistakes, and I think it’s a good thing as long as you learn something.

~ Yani Tseng

You always learn something from mistakes.

~ Yani Tseng

Everybody makes mistakes, but when goalkeepers make them, it is costly. That’s the nature of being a goalkeeper.

~ Gary Speed

When you make mistakes during routines, it’s not easy getting through them.

~ Alicia Sacramone

I think someone should explain to the child that it’s OK to make mistakes. That’s how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.

~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Playing Well May Be All In Your Mind

By Natalie Darwitz, USA Hockey Magazine
Originally Published: Thursday, 26 January 2012

You may have heard your coach say, “Keep your head in the game and don’t daydream.” Well, thinking about success can be the first step toward being successful. Sports psychologists call it “positive visualization.” That’s a fancy way of saying that you can picture in your head what you’re going to do before you get to do it.

As the season winds down and you begin your march toward a league title, and possibly a USA Hockey National Championship, using positive visualization techniques will help turn your dreams into goals…. Click here to read on

Andy Potts: Learning From My Mistakes

By Andy Potts, Triathlete
Originally Published: February 3, 2010

This month in his column for Triathlete Magazine, American triathlete Andy Potts talks about some of the mistakes he’s made in his racing career, and how you can learn from him in not making the same ones.

I have done almost 100 races in my career. My triathlon exploits have taken me across the globe to almost every continent; I’m still waiting on Antarctica to host a race. Along the way I have picked up a few key lessons: some by trial and error, some by luck and some by mistake, usually my own. In an effort to have you enjoy triathlon more, I’d like to share with you two experiences and the lessons I’ve learned. I figured that I could detail these two of my mistakes so you don’t have to live through your own to learn something new… Click here to read on