Quotes About Focus

I love the Greeks. There's no messing around - it's all do or die with them.

I'm the type of guy that's always having a joke, messing around, but when it comes to the serious stuff, you know, your head's on the game.

If I'm being honest, I was messing up on every other level in my life growing up - whether it was in school or in my jobs. I was always distracted by my love for music.

That's when you start messing up, when you put too much pressure on yourself. Just come into the game clear and just try to play hard.

The greatest business people I've met are determined to get it right no matter what the cost.

There are still goals to be accomplished. There are still challenges to be met. And so I'm still very focused on that.

There's a band called Pantera that I listen to, and then Metallica's 'And Justice for All.' If you listen to a little bit of that before you go on stage, you're pretty much set for the whole show.

I like listening to Method Man before fighting.

It was sort of his 'Brando' moment - his very 'method' moment. He just absorbed it and continued on.

My method is, I just sit down and write a book.

I'm not a Method actress. I work in the present, the day-to-day.

All the other things that happen, they don't resonate with him other than winning the basketball game. That's just who he is. He's just a humble kid and he's just trying to go out there and do his thing. I wish I could say some secret formula or training method, but sometimes you got to let things be. That's who Derrick Rose is.

I am methodical to the point of being obsessive-compulsive. And I have always been good at multi-tasking.

Each Mexican has his own dream, and I've come to believe as long as we focus, you can accomplish anything you want.

I remember Michael dribbling at the top of the key. Everybody knew to just get the hell out of his way.

I think I would go for a Michael Phelps kind of guy.

I'm not trying to get five medals. I'm not trying to be Michael Phelps.

One thing I can say about Michael Jordan, nothing was going to deny him to achieve what he wanted to achieve. That includes the Bulls' front office, the league, or whomever. The man just had an undeniable spirit about himself.

This is to LeBron James: If you want to be the best, get rid of the comparisons. Get rid of all the comparisons that are out there. That's what Michael Jordan did.

For all that Michael Jordan could run, jump and entertain, he is best known for one thing: He won. If you want to be a great player in this league, you have to focus on one thing - the bottom line, which is winning.

Michael Jordan was the greatest practice player I've ever seen.

Look at guys like Larry Bird and George Brett and John McEnroe; that's what they did in their careers. They all wanted to be the guy under the microscope late in the game or late in the match. So you just take on that know-how that that's part of your responsibility, and you learn that's what makes it exciting. That's what makes it fun!

I think a lot of athletes when they get in their mid and late 30s, they focus more on kids, on family.

The catcher is in the middle of everything. He sees it best.