The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing

A man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.

If you are of sound mind and body, many exciting and challenging adventures are within your reach irrespective of your age.

We, as sportsmen, we’re not used to just sitting at home and being at home all day. We want to go out. We want to play sport. We want to be in the gym, want to train; we want to hit balls, and when you’re not physically able to do that, it’s really tough. It starts playing on the mind a lot more.

I got some time off from international cricket so I could come back to India and reflect on what was not going right for me.

Anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity

Dispositions of the mind, like limbs of the body, acquire strength by exercise.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

Since all life is futility, then the decision to exist must be the most irrational of all.

A fight is mental, not just physical and psychological warfare is absolutely part of that.

I don’t want your punk-a man, I’m too tough

Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.

Relaxation is a physical state, but it is controlled by the mental state. It is acquired by the conscious effort to control the thought as well as the action pattern. It takes perception, practice and willingness to train the mind into new habits of thinking and the body into new habits of action.

It is my goal to win every time I play. But on the other hand, I also seek a balance of compassion and respect for the other players. I understand that everyone goes through difficult times, either mentally or physically, to cope with their life, to live the sport.

I stopped thinking too much about what could happen and relied on my physical and mental strength to play the right shots at the right time

In terms of playing ability there is nothing to choose between number one and 100. Instead, it’s a question of who believes and who wants it more? Which player is mentally stronger? Which player is going to fight the hardest in the big points? These are the things that determine who is the champion.

Tennis is a mental game. Everyone is fit, everyone hits great forehands and backhands

Learn to use one of the most powerful laws in this world; change your mental habits to belief instead of disbelief. Learn to expect, not to doubt. In so doing, you bring everything into the realm of possibility

Worry is just a very bad mental habit. You can change any habit with God’s help.

Every person, if he is to have mental health and live successfully, must move away from past failures and mistakes and go forward without letting them be a weight upon him. The art of forgetting is absolutely necessary.

Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe 10% to business thinking. Business isn’t that complicated.

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness

I take medication every day for mental illness and depression and don’t feel bad about it,

We need to share our stories so that global mental health no longer resides and festers in the darkness.

Please do not discount your mental health during this time. It is so important that you take care of what is in your head and in your heart.

Individual acts of bravery and compassion can change the world. It is time to do the same for mental health.