Quotes About Focus

When I am experiencing a complex story or novel, the broader planes, and also details, tend to fall away.

I've written everywhere - in hotel rooms, cafes, airports, and planes all around the world. Now I have a home office, and the wi-fi is really bad down there, which is great. If I make a date with myself to write from, say, 6 A.M. to 10 A.M. on a Saturday, the fact that no emails come in helps me focus.

You do have to kind of sit down and try to write, because it's not the easiest thing when you're off and on planes. I'm sure if you're always on a bus, it's a little bit easier.

I particularly like writing on planes. You've got nothing else to do but concentrate.

When I am really into a woman, the way I look at other women changes. The other women on the planet kind of fade away. And the majority of my energy goes to that person.

I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete.

I really liked the idea of focusing on one thing for, hopefully, a long time to come. I also like the idea of a consistent lifestyle, as opposed to not really knowing where on the planet you're going to be at any given moment.

Originally I had planned to write just a couple of children's books and then, return the focus on adult literature. A funny thing happened along the way - I kept having new ideas, and then I looked up one day, and 30 years had passed!

When I climb a building, I've been there already, and carefully planned how to start the climb as well as how to do it.

When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it.

If you ever have a mistake, you try to just kind of forget about it because if you carry that with you for the rest of the routine, then the rest of your routine might not go as planned. So you just kind of shake it off, and you just continue your routine like you didn't fall.

Unai is very calm, composed and extremely detailed in what he expects. From Monday through to Friday, every single training session is very carefully planned.

I'm a plodder, not a planner.

For me, using a notebook every day keeps me on track! Some people use planners; those are great, too.

For whatever reason, college was just not a huge focus for me. I wasn't planning ahead. I just didn't think about it too much.

Loose Women' didn't axe me. I had started planning the tour and album and Loose Women saw my list of 40 dates. I wanted to back out and focus on my music career.

I'm not good at planning ahead because it's just too much. I plan, set it up and then don't think about it again until it's almost time. That's just how it goes.

Sometimes I spent more time planning a climb than doing it.

I'm not planning on doing anything other than trying to be as best I can.

Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old.

I think when you're knee-deep in coming up with editorial plans, the desire to sit down and pencil something is pretty strong.

Oyo has no plans for an IPO because we are focused on execution.

I've got no plans to be a ballet dancer at the moment.

If there is clarity about your plans, more often than not, you will be able to execute your plans.