Quotes About Focus

I definitely take notes, but I feel like sometimes if I take too many notes, it kind of bogs down my mind a little bit. So, I just write down stuff that I need to remember for the game.

I'll put it this way: I couldn't just go out the practice without looking at the playbook, without looking at notes. I wouldn't be able to do much.

The right notes mean more than 1,000 mph arpeggios.

Growing up in a bluegrass or acoustic-oriented world, the musicians become so focused on performance, as far as playing. We tend to overanalyze the notes, so you're always trying to sharpen everything up.

He who defends everything defends nothing.

There's nothing like desperation to sharpen your sense of focus.

My motto is that the audience should notice the actors, not the clothes.

I love movies. And sometimes it will be a case where I don't notice music.

When I play, there are things throughout the game that I notice, especially rebounding.

When you use a metronome, you'll start to notice where the notes are falling, if they're on the beat, behind the beat, between the beat, and so on.

You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One thing I often notice is that the actor is looking for his mark, the place where he has to stand to be in the right place in the shot.

I tend to notice work.

If you notice, in every fight, I always have something to get into their head.

You've really got to stay ready 24/7. You really can't get ready because there's no telling. They'll call you short notice to fight anyone so you really have to stay ready.

When you watch your favorite guitarists play, notice how little their hands and fingers move sometimes. The economy of motion can't be overemphasized.

New Yorkers are mostly interested in New York - in case you haven't noticed.

I've noticed if you look too far ahead, it only works negatively on you.

Ever since third grade - I never even noticed it until after the game - people were telling me how crazy my dad is. I think I'm so locked in when I'm playing on the floor, I only hear him maybe during timeouts or when we're up 20 or 30 and I'm on the bench. But when I'm in the game, I don't hear him.

Earlier in the shorter format, I was not consistent, so I was not getting noticed. But I always believed that I had the game to do it. It was just about consistency.

I just feel like when I come up against another team, I'll always look at their best players and I'll think, if I can stop these doing what they are doing, then I'll get noticed and I'll help the team as well.

I love dressing up, and I'm aware that people do say that it can take your attention away from the game. But I disagree with this notion!

The training is intense here at Nova Uniao.

A novel is challenging, because you have more story than you need and you have to select and narrow.

For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.