Quotes About Focus

So I was in football, athletics doing shot put and sprinting, and rugby all at the same time. Ultimately, I didn't know how serious you had to take one of them and I was just a kid wanting to do everything at once.

I don't take any notice of negative stuff said on social media. If anything it spurs me on more.

The crowd lifts you and spurs you on. And I don't get rattled - that's my strength, I think.

I will take it step by step in trying to become number one for Spurs.

For me, it was clear from the beginning that I wanted to go to Spurs.

I'm always trying to come down with a win. That's what matters to me and my squad.

My priority is to perform the job for which I am in the squad.

I haven't been hung up on the international scene, I'm not sitting there waiting on the Ireland squad to be announced to see if I am in it.

I believe in simplicity. Where some people in TNA take the high-flying back flip route, I'll replace that with a punch or a nice kick square to the face.

Once I am in the square circle, I am in my home.

You can't go up there trying to get hits. You can just go up there trying to put together at-bats and square the baseball up.

When I shoot, I'm square with the rim.

I don't mix business with anything. I don't do business dinners. I don't do business tennis. And I don't do business squash.

If we were all to chase every squirrel that comes running along in the form of a personal dispute or a mischaracterization of someone, or someone's integrity or intent, we'd be very busy doing that and not focusing on the government, on that which we need to reform internally.

Businesses look for stability; they look for direction.

If I am confirmed, I am confident that my colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee and I will maintain the focus on long-term price stability as monetary policy's greatest contribution to general economic prosperity and maximum employment.

I find that stability is good for my creativity.

I don't want to be in a stable of guys that have to fight for the spotlight. I want to be with a promoter who is solely focused on me.

The center of gravity for an organization should be as close to what they make as possible. If you make cars, you need people in the factory. If you breed horses, be in the stable. If you make the Internet, live on the Internet, and use all the freedom and power it gives you.

When you have two races in a row, it's really important to keep that mental energy stable.

We are all ambitious but important for me first is to have a stable spine to the team.

It's very intimate. There are certain moments where it feels like it's just you and the lens. It's something that has been a very stable, consistent thing in my life.

Without a stable mind, it's difficult for anything else to function.

I really want to make Charlton a stable side in the Premier League but I'd be lying if I said England wasn't in the back of my mind.