Quotes About Focus

I like to work and it kind of keeps me in line, which is very good because I need that structure.

I've got loads of ideas, but I need some structure in my life. I need a mission.

While driving to work, I'll choose to think about a particular subject rather than just have random thought streams landing on one subject or another. For example, I might think about the structure of an opinion. Or I might think about the first sentence of an opinion, refining it.

I'm at the gym at 6, so I'm usually in my office by 7:15. And I try to not schedule a lot of meetings before 8. So I've got that first hour to get myself organized for the day and to make sure that I've structured what I want to do.

Work is what structures adults' lives: it gives us purpose, focus, a set of responsibilities, and an identity. So when people are not participating in the labour market, all sorts of other things often start to go wrong.

Skunk works were emblematic of corporate structures that focused on execution and devalued innovation.

Have you ever noticed that when you must struggle to hear something, you close your eyes?

When I putt well, I do very well. When I putt poorly, I struggle to be in the game.

You'll never see me go into a fight and struggle to get up for it. I understand first and foremost what's at stake.

I struggled academically in high school because it was hard to focus. It was hard to focus on those things that were other than artistic stuff.

I never struggled with trying to figure out what it was I wanted to do or what made the sparks go for me.

The Rockets know we can't get too up with a 2-0 lead because we've had some struggles in the past with that.

As an entrepreneur, one of my biggest struggles is that you have to focus, but you also have to expand.

We realize all the struggles we have and all the things that catch our attention and our hearts - if we're not ready for it, it will take control of us.

I am not struggling. What I do, it is what I do.

When one day I leave Manchester United I don't want to think, 'I should have analysed the opponent more, I should have worked harder.'

It doesn't matter to me who the opponent is, I'll be ready in all areas.

I like to go on the court and have a little bit of information about my opponent.

You try to say every week that you're facing a faceless opponent. No matter who it is, you want to have the same mindset, no matter what type of game it is - first game of the season, last game of the season.

You have to make lots of birdies and give your opponent no chance.

I don't do anything different for any opponent. I just do me.

I think of myself as playing against the board, and not against my opponent.

It's true there are a lot of frustrations, but it's down to me to try to put them to the side and concentrate on what's essential to me, my game and also to adapt to the opponent.

I didn't want my opponent to know there was anything wrong with me.