Quotes About Focus

I think it's important to make the simple things right: the easy saves, the catches, commanding the box. On top of that, if you make a super save, then that's great. It's the main base as a goalkeeper.

I think what really people want is just a few things done really, really well. And if you think about ever day of your life, the things you really appreciate aren't the complicated things. They're the simple things that work just the way you expect them to.

Football - a simple game really, yet generally, in the game, we make the simple things seem harder. But it's those simple things that get you to the top.

Yes, you have to treat playing Pakistan just like you would any other side, but in other matches, you often stress on the processes knowing that the result will take care of itself. Against Pakistan, the result is more important than the process, and that is the simple truth.

The simpler I keep things, the better I play.

I think when you focus on the work, it becomes a simpler pursuit.

This game, it seems when you play it the best, is when you're not really thinking a lot and just reacting and keeping it at its simplest point - just see it and hit it.

I've learned that football is a stupid sport for intelligent people because the simplest things are truly also the most difficult to get right.

I continue to be drawn to clarity and simplicity. 'Less is more' remains my mantra.

Simplicity is the key.

I like the simplicity of soloing. You've got no gear, no partner. You never climb better than when you free-solo.

One thing I've learned over my career is that simplicity is the key: on the field, off as well.

I think the key to writing hit songs is simplicity.

Simplify, simplify.

Baseball is so hard as it is. For me, if you simplify it, it takes a little bit of the weight off, rather than trying to figure out all these other things. It's just peace of mind.

I find that as you get older, you start to simplify things in general.

If you are not making the progress that you would like to make and are capable of making, it is simply because your goals are not clearly defined.

Simply racing a Formula 1 car is an achievement.

The sign of the amateur is overglorification of and preoccupation with the mystery. The professional shuts up. She doesn't talk about it. She does her work.

The sure sign of an amateur is he has a million plans and they all start tomorrow.

At least twice a week, I pause in the rush of work and have a meeting with myself. (If I were part of a team, I'd call a team meeting.) I ask myself, again, of the project: "What is this damn thing about?" Keep refining your understanding of the theme; keep narrowing it down.

It's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.

I'm keenly aware of the Principle of Priority, which states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what's important first.

Habit will be your champion. When you train the mind to think one way and one way only, when you refuse to allow it to think in another, that will produce great strength in battle.