Quotes About Focus

What was important was how seriously I took to playing the game he had created here.

Remember, Sarah, any plan is better than no plan.

Er dachte einige Zeit nach. Dann sprach er weiter: Man darf nie an die ganze Straße auf einmal denken, verstehst du? Man muß nur an den nächsten Schritt denken, an den nächsten Atemzug, an den nächsten Besenstrich. Und immer wieder nur an den nächsten. Wieder hielt er inne und überlegte, ehe er hinzufügte: Dann macht es Freude; das ist wichtig, dann macht man seine Sache gut. Und so soll es sein.

Anyone who still thinks that listening is nothing special should simply try to do it half as well.

Ä°nsan?n iÅŸini severek ve isteyerek yapmas?n?n bir önemi yoktu. Aksine, önemli olan ÅŸey, ne kadar k?sa sürede ne kadar çok iÅŸin yap?ld???yd?.

Man darf nie an die ganze Straße auf einmal denken, verstehst du?

YOU-reka! When you keep your hands and brain occupied—whether with video games, gardening, or removing a spleen—it means you're putting your brain into the state you want: not thinking about eating and not automatically reaching for something to put in your mouth.

I quickly learned that success in any area of life, be it in the boardroom or on the battlefield, is overwhelmingly dependant upon a person's mastery of their own mind. General Patton once said: "If you are going to win any battle, you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do...

High-level, professional athletes receive training on how to deal with pressure, get it under control, and focus on doing what they need to do to win. It's now time we start doing the same thing for our men and women in law enforcement and the military.

The mental and physical — psyche and soma — are two faces of the same coin and cannot be separated. To train the world's greatest military and law enforcement warriors, we must realign our focus and esteem their minds every bit as much as we esteem their physical capabilities and skill sets. No longer can we simply train the way we fight and fight the way we train. We need to rethink the way we train and retrain the way we fight.

If you have one foot in yesterday and one foot in tomorrow, you're pissing all over today.

Carry on. If you're going to do something, just do it.

Startling as this may sound, the truth is that many children read for a remarkably small percentage of the school day.

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.

Every time I feel tired while I am exercising and training, I close my eyes to see that picture, to see that list with my name. This usually motivates me to work again.

Why would I think about missing a shot that I haven't taken yet?

Why would I think about missing a shot I haven't taken yet?

I'm a firm believer in goal setting. Step by step. I can't think of any other way of accomplishing anything.

I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.

My mentality was to go out and win, at any cost. If you don't want to live that regimented mentality, then you don't need to be alongside of me. Coz I'm gonna ridicule you until you get on the same level with me, and if you don't get on the same level, then it's gonna be hell for you.

We could only pay attention to one dying person at a time.

The secret to doing good research is always to be a little underemployed. You waste years by not being able to waste hours

You cannot wait for the smoke to clear: once you can see things clearly it is already too late. You can't outrun an epidemic: by the time you start to run it is already upon you. Identify what is important and drop everything that is not. Figure out the equivalent of an escape fire.

He was the person for whom the clock was always running out, the game was always tied, and the ball was always in his hands.