Quotes About Focus

I wear obsession well, I've turned it into something.

If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.

The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety.

I will only talk about my work. I have always stayed away from commenting on my personal life, and that remains unchanged.

Have the confidence to focus on uncharted territory. Take chances.

I tour Europe a lot. They still have a love and a fascination with the basic thing about music - how it feels and that being the focus. I've got people bringing their kids. And their kids bring their kids. The grandchildren are getting selfies with their Uncle Al.

I do remember those days really well, when I was working at my uncle's office in Sydney. I never even thought about the future to be honest, it was all about getting work done and then my head was focused on the Mariners.

I haven't made anything I don't believe in. I've always started a movie with a song in my heart, and even when I'm a little unclear about it, something magical happens and it comes into focus in a way that I'm feeling good about.

I really don't feel it's necessary, as an actor, to make people feel uncomfortable, just because you need to be in a certain headspace. So, I do take myself away and do my own work and hunker down.

I'm uncomfortable with the focus on the poet and not on the poem.

As an actor, I always think that if someone does pick up a phone during a performance, something dire must be happening in their lives that is more important than theatre - some kind of tragedy they were attending to, or something. It's very uncomfortable if you don't know why they would pick up a phone and talk in the middle of a show.

You have got to try to make the batsman feel a bit uncomfortable to get him out.

Pretty much all I'm doing during an eating contest is being uncomfortable and not forgetting to breathe.

If you give anything less than 120% as an actor then you end up looking uncomfortable.

We need to focus on what we know to do best, and our domain is the highest quality in luxury products and spending the most attention on uncompromising quality, not on being technologically advanced.

A piece of my training program is doing exercises to force myself to work in an unconscious or a subconscious realm, as opposed to a conscious realm.

As a competitor, I try to do everything in my power to control the uncontrollable.

I focus on the team and I block out all the outside media stuff, because it's so irrelevant and uncontrollable.

I don't think about being undefeated; I don't think about what people say in the media about me, whether it's good or bad. I just don't think of it.

When you're the underdog, you just lay low and work.

As a playing group you don't go into the game thinking about whether you're the underdog or not.

For me personally, nothing ever changes. When I go out onto the pitch, I always want to win. All the other circumstances, whether we're favourites or underdogs, whether we're under pressure or not, doesn't make a big difference.

Never underestimate opponents.

I don't underestimate any opponent.