Quotes About Focus

Within my roasting brain cells, the scaps of thought refused to cohere.

I was determined to move forward.

The reward for the watching eye and listening ear is great.

Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.

there's sunlight and shade, spots and patterns of colour, your mind is elsewhere–so you don't make out what is right in front of you.

Remember, passion and purpose go handinhand.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble". (Matthew 6:34)

Think Easy, Light, Smooth, and Fast. You start with easy, because if that's all you get, that's not so bad. Then work on light. Make it efforthless, like you don't give a shit how high the hill is or how far you've got to go. When you've practiced that so long, that you forget you're practicing, you work on making it smooooooth. You won't have to worry about the last one - you get those three, and you'll be fast.

You don't start with today and aim toward your goal. You start with the goal, and aim back toward today. Do it like that, and you'll always find a way.

The Handy Hammer Syndrome, in which the hammer in your hand makes everything look like a nail.

Lesson two,' Caballo called. 'Think Easy, Light, Smooth, and Fast. You start with easy, because if that's all you get's that's not so bad. Then work on light. Make it effortless, like you don't give a shit how high the hill is or how far you've got to go.

All you have to do is keep the animal in sight, and within ten minutes, you're reeling him in.

Think Easy, Light, Smooth, and Fast. You start with easy, because if that's all you get, that's not so bad. Then work on light. Make it effortless, like you don't give a shit how high the hill is or how far you've got to go. When you've practiced that so long that you forget you're practicing, you work on making it smooooooth. You won't have to worry about the last one—you get those three, and you'll be fast.

The Goddess of Wisdom and the Goddess of Wealth. Everyone thinks they need to get wealth first, and wisdom will come. So they concern themselves with chasing money. But they have it backwards. You have to give your heart to the Goddess of Wisdom, give her all your love and attention, and the Goddess of Wealth will become jealous, and follow you.

When I'm out on a long run," she continued, "the only thing in life that matters is finishing the run.

The hands are swinging doors, built on the fortress of legs," the great Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man liked to tell his students. "Ip Man did not move a great deal," one

Outlaws have to be poised, smart, and independent; they have to cultivate allies, assess risk, and keep their antennae fine-tuned to everyone and everything around them. Outlaws focus on what people can do.

Ann knew she needed more than willpower: she needed fear. Once she was out front, every cracking twig would spur her toward the finish. "To move into the lead means making an act requiring fierceness and confidence," Roger Bannister once noted. "But fear must play some part … no relaxation is possible, and all discretion is thrown to the wind.

Me doblé sobre la cuerda, agitando las piernas conforme lo arrastraba. Soltó la cuerda y salí disparado. «Bien —dijo—. Cada vez que corras, recuerda la sensación de la cuerda tensada. Ayudará a que mantengas los pies debajo de tu cuerpo, tus caderas dirigidas hacia delante y tus talones fuera de la imagen.» Eric

chequeando mentalmente mi lista de tareas (flexiona esas rodillas… pasitos de pájaro… no dejes huella)

Cuando estoy metida en una carrera larga, lo único que importa en esta vida es terminar la carrera. Por una vez, mi cabeza no está diciendo bla bla bla bla todo el tiempo. Todo se calma y fluye. Soy solo yo y el desplazamiento y el movimiento.

I rarely see one of the 'summer blockbuster' movies. I'd like to see a stronger focus on smaller, smarter movies.

Wars are won in the mind before they can be won on the field.

To be honest, I don't enjoy watching movies much when I'm working. They tend to fall apart on me a bit.