Quotes About Focus

The practice of yoga only requires us to act and to be attentive in our actions.

In Zen we study the will. We learn how to cultivate it, to accumulate will. We use it to direct our actions, and we don't overuse it or abuse it - that's a waste.

Most people, when they reach a certain age, let down and talk about what they used to do. Well, who gives a damn about what you used to do? It's what you're doing now.

If you dedicate yourself to something, you can achieve it. It's simple, but it's true, and your age is just an excuse.

At an early age, you started hearing it: It's a virtue to be "well-rounded." ... They might as well have said : Become as dull as you possibly can be.

At 46 one must be a miser; only have time for essentials.

In this new, hyper competitive age, none of us, none of us can afford to be complacent.

I was involved in music, acting, and some running, but my firm wish was to become a doctor. That was the formative age when I had decided on the pattern of my career.

In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.

There's a focus that hasn't been there for ages and ages and some American bands are sounding quite English like they did in the late 70s and early 80s.

The age of sages is past; the age of specialists has come.

My primary calling, I always knew since the age of 11, was as a composer, and so that had to take priority.

You don't think anything about age when you're playing [golf]. I mean, why would you ever think about that.

When you bat, you need to have a lot of patience. I started training for it from the age of eight or nine. So, I knew what I needed when I stepped on the field to bat.

I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.

To be creative you must create a space for yourself where you can be undisturbed... separate from everyday concerns.

Always get to the set or the location early, so that you can be all alone and draw your inspiration for the blocking and the setups in private and quiet.

Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have.

Because I cannot work except in solitude, it is necessary that I live my work and that is impossible except in solitude.

The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's your mistake. If you hit a home run, it's your home run.

Work alone is noble.

We can sit and worry about what's going to happen to us two weeks from now. I'd rather focus on the amazing things happening right in front of us.

I begin to feel this tension when things that doesn't worth attention are the things that attracts attention

There is no room on the golf course for anger or self-pity.