Quote
“Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion”
A psychologist's note: why this works
The point is not that there are no limits, but that the brain puts a ceiling in place well before the body's real one. Fear announces in advance that you can't go further — while there is still capacity left.
The way to work with this is to widen the zone gradually through small successful repetitions: every time an athlete does slightly more than they believed possible, the imaginary boundary moves back, and confidence grows out of evidence rather than pep talks.
Themes of this quote
When a sports psychologist helps
If the theme lands, read the breakdowns of what athletes go through, take a test, or pick a sports psychologist.