Superstars think like superstars long before the fans or the press anoint them. — John Eliot Copy Share Image
What turns ordinary people into overachievers is the way they use their minds when they are called on to perform. — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Great performers are, by definition, abnormal; they strive throughout their entire careers to separate themselves from the pack. — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Confidence is a resolute state of mind by which you believe nothing is impossible. — John Eliot Copy Share Image
If you really want to find out what you're capable of, you cannot put limits on yourself, and you definitely cannot be… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
All the great performers I have worked with are fueled by a personal dream. — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Stick with your own perception of yourself-living in your own world-and letting your reality, not the reality presented by other people or… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Unlikely accomplishments are borne out of single-minded purposefulness. Future superstars don't get there by keeping part of their heart in reserve. — John Eliot Copy Share Image
The physical symptoms of fight or flight are what the human body has learned over thousands of years to operate efficiently and… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Great performers in all fields seem immune to what outsiders think about them. Their sense of themselves never depends on the feedback-positive… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
To be a top performer you have to be passionately committed to what you're doing and insanely confident about your ability to… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Great performers require a measure of confidence that would strike many as absurd, unfounded, and downright irrational. They believe in themselves utterly,… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
We tend to view confidence as a product of accomplishment rather than part of the process that leads there. But supremely confident… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Anyone who strays too far from the majority view or the conventional wisdom is bound to be labeled "arrogant," "a maverick," "a… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Elevated levels of confidence are omnipresent among history's greatest overachievers. Benjamin Franklin, one of the most famous men in the world even… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
The best players in any high-stakes field - business, entertainment, law, surgery, as well as sport - recognize that pressure occurs at… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Genuine confidence is a way of thinking about yourself and your abilities. Confidence is your perception of your own potential; it's a… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
I have discovered that I cannot enhance anybody's performance without getting them not only to live with the butterflies that come with… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Overachievement is aimed at people who want to maximize their potential. And to do that, I insist you throw caution to the… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
If you really want to break from the pack, you have to risk being perceived to be as eccentric as these people.… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Like squirrels, the best in every business do what they have learned to do without questioning their abilities - they flat out… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Confidence is not a guarantee of success, but a pattern of thinking that will improve your likelihood of success, a tenacious search… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Arrogant S.O.B.s run the world. A performer can never have too much self-confidence. The best in every field are likely to strike… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Thinking is a habit, and like any other habit, it can be changed; it just takes effort and repetition. — John Eliot Copy Share Image
High achievers dwell on what they do well and spend very little time evaluating themselves and their performances. — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Superstars perform so naturally and so instinctively that they seem to be able to enter a pressure-packed situation that would terrify or… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Overachievement is aimed at people who want to maximize their potential. And to do that, I insist you throw caution to the… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Bill Russell is one of the great names in basketball, an all-American... and the only athlete to ever win an NCAA Championship,… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
To be a top performer you have to be passionately committed to what you're doing and insanely confident about your ability to pull it… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Confidence is consistency of thinking about what is possible and how to make it possible. — John Eliot Copy Share Image
If you really want to break from the pack, you have to risk being perceived to be as eccentric as these people. You have… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Stick with your own perception of yourself-living in your own world-and letting your reality, not the reality presented by other people or particular situations,… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Superstars think like superstars long before the fans or the press anoint them. — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Great performers are, by definition, abnormal; they strive throughout their entire careers to separate themselves from the pack. — John Eliot Copy Share Image
“Musicians, like golfers, have to put their minds in the right place – trusting, confident, enjoying the pressure, being in present. And so forth.… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is simply putting a limit on your future. When you have an idea of perfect in your mind, you open the door to… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
I have discovered that I cannot enhance anybody's performance without getting them not only to live with the butterflies that come with high-pressure jobs… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
