Quotes About Focus

I always preach you have to have a short memory, whether it is good or bad.

I preach about getting the ball in the air.

I am growing more and more aware that all too often we preachers aim at nothing and hit it.

The first few touches of the game, that's kind of like setting the precedent for me.

If there's one thing that precedes my sleep, it's my work.

In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.

Good investors have to choose how to allocate their mind share with the precious capital they have.

We can't lose precious time debating legislation that won't work.

I've made a career of being precise.

Being patient has made me a more precise fighter.

For some people to say, 'I just go up there and hit it,' we'll that's good for you. If it works for you, it works for you. But I want to be as precise as possible heading into that shot.

Writing is like driving a car. Writing the beats of a screenplay? It's like driving a rover on Mars. You have to be absolutely, extremely precise.

As a spinner, you need to be very precise in Australia. Every run you give must be on your own terms.

The more precisely I can drive, the more I enjoy myself.

It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely.

Done right, precision can help clarify, plus it's fun.

Precision matters, breh.

Every day, we as athletes face several challenges during the training process, and it is imperative that we approach each situation carefully and with continued precision.

We had no preconceived ideas. We were on this football team to go out and win ballgames and try to win a championship, that's all. To Brian and me, it was no big deal.

I can't predict the future. All I can do is continue to try to stay in shape and work on my game and have a clear mind and not try to think about negative stuff.

Beginning players are predictable and rarely bluff. They tend to focus only on their own hand and simply hope to catch the one card they need to improve.

Personally, I always try to focus on the little things in my game. As a defender and attacking outside back, I continuously work on completing passes, not being too predictable going forward into the attack, good services into the box, good positioning and footwork.

The reason why Whitehall is full of people failing in predictable ways on an hourly basis is because, first, there is general system-wide failure and, second, everybody keeps their heads down focused on the particular and they ignore the system.

I don't make predictions. I know what I can do, and I try not to think too far ahead.