Quotes About Focus

I got a record deal with Sony, and I really just put acting aside. But it's a love.

I am different as soon as I am on the pitch, because I had to fight so much and work so hard to become a professional footballer, so I have to give everything that I can.

As soon as I wear this badge, it's really important for myself to focus on England and nothing else.

Avoiding the phrase 'I don't have time...', will soon help you to realize that you do have the time needed for just about anything you choose to accomplish in life.

I try to write in the mornings, as soon as I'm up and caffeinated, and to stay in the chair as long as I can be productive.

Lady Limelight is a jealous lady. She wants all of your attention. You don't have any time to think of anything else but Lady Limelight, because pretty soon that light will be shinning on somebody else. So you better do it while you can.

I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would focus too much on that too soon. And that I'd end up in some sort of dead end, and not fulfilling whatever potential they thought I had.

Giving everything for your passion and aims every day is enough. Quality and durability always shine through sooner or later.

I look at the quarterback and the receivers. You look at the quarterback, the formation. I focus on the passing game and react on the running game. You look at it over and over, then sooner or later, it becomes like a movie. You ever notice how you quote movies? That's all film watching is.

All I want is to win matches, and the ranking sooner or later will come.

It doesn't matter how much it's going to cost me, what I have to do, sooner or later, anyway, I'm going to have what I want.

I find it soothing to take something wrinkled and make it smooth. It feels anticipatory. It's what I do before a celebration. And nobody bothers me when I'm ironing.

When I'm in heavy-duty writing mode, there's something great about reading a series. Soothing, but not distracting too much.

Since my sophomore year in high school, I knew I didn't want to do anything but be a professional athlete. I knew when I got to college there was no way anybody was going to stop me from being an NFL player.

I always try to remind myself, when it's tough, when your body's sore and you're hurting, I try to sit back and tell myself, 'Would you rather be doing anything else in the world at this moment?'

I try to score in every game and I don't feel sorry for anybody: If we win and I score that's fine, nothing else matters.

I try to score in every game, and I don't feel sorry for anybody.

I'm not a 'big picture' sort of guy. I prefer making small improvements each day.

Once I got my life sorted and started to get healthy, then I was able to focus on writing.

Not chasing success, I want to focus on my process. If I do that, eventually everything gets sorted out.

I was always sorted; I wanted to become an actor.

At a certain point, you have to take the rearview mirrors off the bus and focus forward, and that's what we've sought to do.

I will give my soul every game.

When I record, it feels like I'm in a bubble. There's nothing else in my head right then. It's just that song, and I'm trying to really sound like what the song is about.