Quotes About Focus

Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron.

People say sometimes that I'm distracted. I'm not distracted. I'm being smart. I'm capitalizing while the iron is hot. That's why I'm trying to do movies. I do the podcast. I do a radio show. I work on FOX. I have a gym; I have a lot of things going on. That's because when I'm done, I want to be set up.

If you don't attend to something, you can't be aware of it. But ironically, you can attend to something without being aware of it.

If I'm thinking about work, it's easier to block the irrational thoughts out of my mind.

Whether I am the Champion or not is irrelevant to me. I am not attached to it.

It's irrelevant whether it's a big match or not. It's about focusing on your job at the time. You're still trying to do things as well as you can.

As far as my mental approach, I really think it's just knowing that the past is really irrelevant.

When it comes time for basketball, everything else is kind of irrelevant.

Every first-class season is important; every game is crucial, irrespective of whether you are in the Indian team or not.

An actor has to act irrespective of the camera or location.

The hunger for runs is always there, irrespective of whether I was getting runs or not.

The IRS should and must focus on the most important and most egregious and the most in need.

I had this desire to understand Islam better and then focus on the beauty of Arabic and Islamic cultures. And one of the first things to emerge was Arabic calligraphy, which was instantly inspiring.

You start blocking out things, and that's a really important part of taking a picture is the ability to isolate what you're - what you're concentrating on.

L.A. is such an exotic city to me, and it is just a big bubble. If you accept the bubble and accept how isolated it is. It can be a very creative place, and I find it easy to focus.

I perform the best when I'm isolated or with a few friends.

Composing demands a degree of isolation.

I'm always in the right headspace! I live pretty much in isolation, so there are really no distractions. That's not a manufactured thing; it's just the way I live.

Small issues are really just large ones that haven't been accorded the requisite attention.

Now where people are - at least the people I talk to - they are focused on issues of trust. Accountability also comes up, to make sure that this doesn't happen again.

People need to focus on bigger issues instead of whether George Bush is an idiot or not.

It's always like that with Italian teams, they're competitive, they know what they want and they know how to get it.

I listen to Morricone, the famed Italian film composer, while I'm working.

I'm a boxer by nature, so, obviously, the jab is always key - but it is nice to know you've got a right hand behind it.