Quotes About Focus

If you spot an opportunity and are really excited by it, throw yourself into it with everything you've got.

Defense to me is the key to playing baseball.

Tonight was not about winning, it was about focusing on myself and what I was aiming to do. It's the reason why I was able to swim so well

In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.

The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business--or almost anywhere else for that matter.

Mind is all that counts.

I sat down with my trainers to check my past seasons and to see what could be done to keep me motivated and in good shape. I had to find a new motivation, a new momentum.

Getting distracted by trifles is the easiest thing in the world… Focus on your main duty

Many runners worry about who is in the race, or they think about the time they must run to win. I only try to run as fast as I am capable - nothing less.

A hitter's impatience is the pitcher's biggest advantage.

I never knew I was grunting, it was just part of my strokes.

I wouldn't be bothered if we lost every game, as long as we won the league.

I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games.

When one eye is fixed upon your destination, there is only one eye left with which to find the Way.

I imagine these two girls next to me every time single time I'm going over those hurdles in training.

The most important time in life is the present.

You too can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aim and destination.

When you step into the batter's box, have nothing on your mind except baseball.

Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.

Clarity breeds mastery.

Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!

Concentration is at the root of mental mastery.

I think what separates a superstar from the average ballplayer is that he concentrates just a little bit longer.

Acting was a way out at first. A way out of not knowing what to do, a way of focusing ambitions. And the ambition wasn't for fame. The ambition was to do an interesting job.