Breaking: Folarin Balogun will be available to play in USA's Round of 16 match against Belgium on Monday, FIFA announced.
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has suspended the red card issued to the USA striker during their Round of 32 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
π Steph Curry (@StephenCurry30) on the most important performance variable that never shows up in the box score:
Your state of mind.
π§ Talent, skill, and physical prep for sure matter. But the biggest separator is often mental. The athletes, teams, and leaders who sustain excellence over long periods of time have usually developed the ability to internally generate motivation, hunger, and focus regardless of circumstances. They don't wait for external validation to push them. They don't need the right conditions. They just create their own fuel regardless...
π― Your mindset determines what you do with the inevitable adversity you'll be dealt. The challenge isn't avoiding distractions, criticism, setbacks, or pressure. That stuff is a constant of life. The challenge is staying centered when they eventually arrive. Your ability to stay present, driven, and focused is often the difference between reaching whether or not you reach your potential.
π Perspective creates stability. Steph credits his faith for helping him remember why he plays the game. This has real emotional weight and storytelling in his brain. When your identity is rooted in something deeper than results, you gain the freedom to perform without being controlled by every win, loss, compliment, or criticism.
π The best performers don't just train their bodies. They train their minds. Meditation. Reflection. Prayer. Journaling. Yoga. Time in nature. Quiet moments away from the noise. Whatever your method, the goal is the same: create a mental environment that allows you to stay centered when the world around you isn't.
Your state of mind influences almost everything, and it's one of the few things that's completely within your control.