Quotes About Focus

Intexticated: distracted by the act of texting to such a degree that one seems intoxicated.

Sherlock Holmes pointed out that one might see, yet not observe. That's a basic cause of much human failure.

I intentionally abandoned the hard stuff early on because not only do I think it's useless, I think it's a distraction.

That's why I think life is so incredible, right? Anything is possible. You can be one way one day, and then you can have one experience that could be tiny-itty-bitty or big, and it can shift your whole focus and your whole life.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.

I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game.

If you're going to have a bad attitude, you may as well not even tee it up that week because you probably won't play good anyways.

My attitude is one movie at a time. I don't want to get ahead of myself.

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off of you.

All I can control is myself and just keep having a positive attitude.

I think that major championships are as much about attitude as they are anything else.

Love isn't safe. And whoever you love will hurt you. It's part of the human experience. No one is perfect…people make mistakes. The secret is to focus on what they do right and decide what quirks you can live with.

you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment.

Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility and commitment.

write, write or die.

Basically, if the mind stays in the present, it's impossible to worry. Upon careful consideration, it becomes clear that human beings are capable of worrying only about an event that has already transpired or one that may take place in the future (although the occurrence might have just happened or may be about to happen in the next instant). The present moment contains no time or space for worry.

By keeping the mind in the present, unless you deliberately want to contemplate the past or future, it's possible to firmly face life without fear. Then, no thoughts of past failures or future problems will exist in the mind, and a truly positive mental state will result—fudoshin, the "immovable mind.

In Japanese swordsmanship, it is not uncommon to speak of a unity of mind, body, and sword.

Even when he played, he made a business of it.

Act on awareness, not on thought

Clear sight results from a still mind

Don't let life get in the way of living

Don't focus on what sucks, focus on what's possible