Quotes About Focus

Rereading parts of your novel while writing is like doubling back at rerunning parts of a marathon midrace.

here's the thing: However attractive the idea of a writer's retreat may sound, having all day to poke around on a novel actually hampers productivity.

And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

Value clients enough to make them the central focus. Never make your clients feel like there is anyone on the planet more important than them. They are your priority. Every. Time.

There's no magic in the location you pray. But Scripture does say to go into your inner room and pray in secret, and your heavenly Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. Get rid of any distractions, and focus your heart and mind on Him. Acknowledge that He is God and that you desperately need Him.

Lord, thank You," Elizabeth whispered. "Thank You for Your mercy and Your goodness. Thank You for answering. And help me focus on the things I can see You doing instead of the things I can't see.

She was amazed at how easily distracted she could be when praying.

It's a crazy world, so I meditate for 20 minutes. I also meditate for 20 minutes before a concert.

Whether we're up 2-0 early in the second half, or we're up 1-0 with 10 minutes left in the game, my mind-set is the same when I come in the game. It's to help keep that lead, whatever way I can.

Sometimes in a game - even with the best will in the world - a striker can drift out for 10 minutes and then come back into it.

I didn't want people to sit there and watch 10 minutes of film,and all they write about is 48 frames.

Time means a great deal to every runner. It means everything to me, because most days miles don't count; only minutes do.

It doesn't matter what you do for 45 minutes, it's what you do the last three minutes.

Playing 'Tetris' for 15 minutes is like meditation.

If you have only 95 minutes of material, make an only 95-minute movie. Amazing how often that's forgotten.

I use the NordicTrack every other day for 20 minutes. I don't listen to music or watch TV while I do it. I count to myself. I count to 25; I count to 25 backwards, that sort of thing.

Once you stop thinking about the minutiae of what each part might mean for your career, you learn that if you do a good performance, it's going to be good for you. The work is what matters.

I'm not really that bothered by appearance. I know a few players who go off doing stuff in the mirror ages before they go out to play a game, but I'm not really interested in that.

I don't have a rear-view mirror.

It's as much looking out your rear-view mirror as the windshield. You want to make sure you put your car in front of the right line. You're constantly looking behind you.

I stand in the mirror, look at the plays and try to say them to myself to get ready for the next day.

Looking at robots is not like looking at an idol. It's not a human being, so it's more like a mirror - the energy people send to the stage bounces back and everybody has a good time together rather than focusing on us.

Every day I wake up I look in the mirror and I say to myself, 'It's time.' The reason for that is I believe we're only as good as today.

If you commit to too many things, they become miserable experiences.