Quotes About Focus

The fact is, you can't train your body—or excel at anything—before you train your mind. You can't commit to excellence until your mind is ready to take you there.

Because if you're comfortable with sacrifice and pressure and criticism and pain, if you can learn to focus on the result instead of always focusing on the difficulty… you can chase Winning, fight for it, and defend your right to catch it.

We always get back to work.

He never sees problems, only situations to resolve, and when he finds the solution, he doesn't waste time explaining it.

And being unstoppable only comes with hard work.

The fastest way to tumble out of the Zone is to allow emotions to drive your actions.

Most people have too many options, and they rarely choose the tougher one.

You don't wait to be told, you don't waver from your goal. When it's time to act, you act, instinctively and without hesitation. As you will read in these pages: Done. Next.

The ability to compete is in all of us. You compete for something every minute of the day, with every decision you make. At the basic level, you compete with daily obstacles: Should I go to the gym? Should I skip this donut? Can I get out of the house on time? Will I get my work done today?

Remember, you don't compete with anyone, you make them compete with you.

Control your thoughts, and you control your emotions. Control your emotions, and you control your actions. Control your actions, and you control the outcome.

Figure out what you do, then do it. And do it better than anyone else. And then let everything else you do build around that; stay with what you know. Being great at one thing doesn't mean you can also run a restaurant or a car dealership or a line of sportswear. Bill Gates is not going to launch a line of sportswear. Most likely, neither should you.

If you are prepared," he told his players, "you will be confident, and will do the job.

Glance at negatives, but focus on positives.

They who have no central purpose in their life fall an easy prey to petty worries.

The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose.

The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose."73

They who have no central purpose in their life fall an easy prey to petty worries."72

Gratitude, then, is a capability built up through exercise and focus. It's an ability to perceive, receive, and produce the positive emotion of gratefulness.

Everyone has the will to win, but it's only those with the will to prepare that do win.

Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time.

I don't try to focus on anything that doesn't affect me personally and how I go out there every single day. I'm just going to continue to work hard and focus on what I can control.

You cannot keep your eyes on the bloody footprints you have left behind you. You must keep your eyes on where you are going.

As William James observed, we must reflect that, when we reach the end of our days, our life experience will equal what we have paid attention to, whether by choice or default. We are at risk, without quite fully realizing it, of living lives that are less our own than we imagine.