Quotes About Focus

You've gotta feel at home when you're on the mound.

You can say what you want about me playing in the Mountain West, but I can only eat what's in front of me. I've dominated in my field and did what I had to do.

The things I like to do involve a lot of mental focus, a combination of physical and mental challenge. That is what mountain climbing is.

When I wake up, I don't worry about why the mountain is there. I just start climbing.

I always closed my mouth and worked.

We need to play between the whistles. That's what tough competitors do. They don't run their mouth.

I've learned in my life that I have to focus on the things that I can control and what I can control is what comes out of my mouth and how I respond to people.

Closer to a fight, I can really feel my heartbeat in my chest. I can hear it beat through my mouth, this 'gunk, gunk, gunk' rhythm.

We don't want to get distracted by looking back; we need to move forward.

The image of me as someone who likes or can deal with a fight is wrong. Some people enjoy competition and dustups, and I wish I did, but I don't. But once you have started down a path, then I think you have to move forward. You can't give up.

I just move forward and not worry about the things I can't control.

One of our big duties as a player is not to dwell on the past and stay in the now because that's the only way you're going to continue to move forward and be successful.

I prefer to stay in the here and now and move forward.

Every game I play, I try to make sure I get something out of that match. So as a cricketer, I feel you have to move forward and keep believing in your ability.

I think if I look back too much, I can't move forward.

Even if I do miss a shot, I'm going to be comfortable to get back up there and shoot the same shot again. Make or miss, I'm not going to be frustrated but move on to the next play.

Why are numbers so important? I take up a film I like, give it my best, and move on.

I look at what's in front of me. I concentrate on that and then hopefully move on.

If I do a bad dive, that's in the past. Move on. The next dive is a completely separate thing. It's just about being really present in a particular moment.

I always make lists of things I need to get done. I like the sense of having completed one thing so I can move on to the next.

When things go wrong, I like to keep on working and move on.

I just play, man. Try to play good every week, but if it doesn't happen, I just move on. But if I do play good, I do the same thing.

As a coach, you have to have a short-term memory when it comes to shooting. Let it fly and move on.

Tennis is a great game, a great sport because you're out there by yourself, so you have to move on to the next point, next game, next set, whatever. It's the same thing in basketball. If you miss a shot, you move onto the next one. If you turn it over, you move onto the next play. That certainly helped me.