MOokie Betts on Dealing with Pressure with Self Talk

Mookie Betts describes the ninth inning of World Series Game 7 as the most nervous moment of his career. He used self-talk, repeating
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For the ball to come to you. Oh, man. In the game, you look so cool, calm and collected on the outside. How did you feel on the inside? Nah, man, I was. That ninth inning, that was probably. That's probably the most nervous I've ever been on the baseball field, man. I mean, I was. I didn't. I just. I've never done it. I've never been in game seven in the World Series. And I. I mean, literally, I was talking to myself that whole. As Yoshi was throwing the ball, I was talking to myself like, be nasty, Mook. Be nasty right now. Be nasty. It just. Ball feel like it was super slow coming in. Oh, yeah, Yeah. I mean, as soon as I. I guess that little positive reinforcements I gave myself just give myself a little pat on the back and I get. Maybe it was the baseball guy saying, good job. Here's the ball. Go make a play. I don't know.
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