Quotes About Focus

Before a match, I do not follow any chess news except the games.

I play chess with the computer when I feel dull in my mind and after two games - 'out or win', I feel sharp again.

I think for me the main goal that I have, or at least what I really aspire to, is to raise the level of chess.

The very idea of how chess players manipulate their game excites me.

As a chess player I learn to adapt to new situations and always try to make the best move without looking back or asking why and how I ended up in a situation I ended up in.

I don't know whether endurance sports attract obsessional people, or training for endurance sports makes people obsessional... it's the chicken and the egg.

I played pee-wee football coming up. If I had known the type of chicks they would get when I was in school, I'd probably focused on it a little more.

I am pretty chill before games. Have a go-to routine that keeps me busy until we are ready to take the court so I'm not just sitting around anxious for the game.

Everybody who knows me is like, 'Dude, you've got to chill out.' I can't not work, given where I want to be.

I'm accurate and I can land on anyone's chin.

I always have a point to prove where I have a chip on my shoulder at all times.

Great players always play with a chip on their shoulder no matter if they have a reason to or not.

I've always had a chip on my shoulder. It kind of drives me. It's something that allows me to train harder, train longer, work better.

I'm just trying to win something... I play with a chip on my shoulder, a real passion.

I come into each and every game and every season with a chip on my shoulder.

I like to do things that you need to chip away at.

I've got a chip on my shoulder, and honestly, I've always had it, but I don't think about it in those terms, like I'm trying to be better than this guy or that guy. It just helps keep me focused.

I've just always played with a big chip on my shoulder, and that keeps fueling me.

I've had a chip on my shoulder every year that I've played.

When I'm out there, I play with a chip on my shoulder regardless of the situation.

I always want to find something to get you to play with a chip on your shoulder.

If you want to get anywhere in life, you have to make choices.

My parents told me either I choose badminton, or school has to make the best of me.

Because my writing time has always been very limited, I try to be very choosy about which stories I work on. There are many ideas that would make interesting stories - too many - so it's important to be ruthless and say no to most of them.