Quotes About Focus

I'm a sportsman, not a political man.

The world's a stage, and I want the brightest spot.

The way I've always dealt with disappointment or challenges in my life is to find the bright spot and focus on it.

I'm tired of thinking about playoffs, playoffs, six, seven, eighth spot. I want to think about championship. That's something that we always thought when I came to Denver. That's what I felt as soon as I came to Denver coming from New York where we were not winning.

When you are in the goal, you have to concentrate totally on the game, but in a shoot-out when the striker is walking towards the penalty spot, you remember what you have been through and see it as a chance to make the difference.

I never prepare. I think that's completely overrated. It's a very simple job. All you have to do is hit this bright mark, stand in the right spot and say the line. So I don't really believe in preparation.

I think if I get the training spot on, the equipment perfect and I'm in the right state of mind, I can get a result there from no competitive action.

In a professional kitchen, the idea is to have your cooks not moving much while they're cooking. You want them to stay in the same spot.

If I asked you to stand in one spot for 35 hours or a certain length of time, you could do it.

It's not necessarily about the physical aspects when people say receivers have a lot of drops or can't catch the ball. It's that they are not focusing on the right things. That their mind-set is not in the right spot.

It's not like the world No.1 spot is always in my mind.

When you're older and get more experience, the game slows down for you. I know exactly what spot to get to where I can always get my shot off no matter who's guarding me.

When I step up to that penalty spot, I know the consequences. They're the same whether I miss the first, second, third - or the 10th - it will be the same.

The way the podium is situated in wrestling, the first place spot is the center. So if I'm in a bathroom, I'll look for the first place urinal.

The lightweight title will be mine, but I'm looking for multiples and I am looking for that best pound for pound spot.

Sometimes when you're in the game, things speed up a little bit, which can make you miss your spot by a couple of inches.

You know you're the guy when you're working on top and closing the show. That's the spot, and you've got to put work in to get there. That's the spot I want.

My basic strength has been accuracy, line and length and I've always worked on that. I knew that would hopefully never leave me. Even if I don't bowl for three months, the first time I go out I would still be able to land it on the spot.

I know I'll be under a spotlight, I know I'll be under the microscope.

In general, the spotlight has been on me.

If you are in the spotlight, you have to get used to it.

I try to stay out of the spotlight.

When you focus the spotlight so much on one person, I think it's very, very dangerous.

In the same way that a film director would use a film lens to blur out a certain item or use a spotlight, I use certain movements that draw the eye instinctually.