Quotes About Focus

This has been the secret to many athletes' best races—a sharp focus on the present. The past is gone, and the future will take care of itself.

You know, people can complain about that, but complaining is not a strategy.

We are genuinely customer-centric, we are genuinely long-term oriented and we genuinely like to invent. Most companies are not those things. They are focused on the competitor, rather than the customer.

Look, you should wake up worried, terrified every morning," he told his employees. "But don't be worried about our competitors because they`re never going to send us any money anyway. Let's be worried about our customers and stay heads-down focused.

You can work long, hard, and smart, but at Amazon.com you can pick only two out of three.

Step by Step, Ferociously.

If he's like any other man I've ever met, it's not my smile he's going to be looking at.

Practicing zazen is like gradually (or maybe not so gradually) getting your sight back.

When I teach zazen I often tell people that it's kind of like a yoga class where there is only one posture and you hold it for a very long time.

When you study Buddhism, you should have a general house cleaning of your mind. You must take everything out of your room and clean it thoroughly. If it is necessary, you may bring everything back in again. You may want many things, so one by one you can bring them back. But if they are not necessary, there is no need to keep them.

When you do zazen, you're not trying to achieve a totally empty mind. That would be impossible. But you are trying to avoid the deliberate habitual manipulation of thoughts and images we usually engage in.

If the mind of a practitioner often tires and quits, that is like twirling a stick to start a fire and resting before it gets hot.

Once we meet a good teacher we should throw away everything else and just get on with it.

Unless you completely devote yourself to one practice, you'll never really master it.

Zazen is a physical practice as much as it a mental one.

A quiet room is best for zazen. We shouldn't eat or drink too much, or too little. Put aside everything else. Don't think of good or bad. Don't judge your practice. Stop ruminating and deliberating about stuff. Don't try to become a Buddha.

Each time I get caught up in thought, I adjust my posture. I have never once found myself caught up in thought and not had my posture go subtly (or sometimes not so subtly) wrong. The body follows the mind.

Focus on your bag. Not your girl.

Fxck what they think..... Get the money.

Your entire life can change in a 3 months if you want it bad enough.

You'll be dedicated and that's what you should want to be in anything in life - whether it's sports or academics or your relationship. It all stems from finding that fun, that thrill, that excitement.

A plan is simply what you decide to consciously & consistently focus on.

Distractions don't exist. We either procrastinate or we are committed. What we call distractions are simply an excuse to procrastinate further.

Equation to Fulfillment:Do: Actively focus on your desired outcomes, simply be aware of your problems and enjoy your living.Don't: Actively focus on your problems, simply be aware of your desired outcomes and worry about your living.