Quotes About Focus

I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.

I knew I was going to play pro tennis when I was 12.

My goal isn't to be a top junior. It's to be a top pro.

Regardless of whether I'm starting or not, I'll try and be the best pro I can be.

We all just want NXT to be the best product we can do. I don't care about what's going on anywhere else, we just get on with what we do, which is competitive pro wrestling and that's what NXT is.

I thought I would just become a pro at a golf course.

I wanted to be a pro athlete. I knew that.

I've been working to be a pro since I was 11 years old.

Once I turned pro, I was like okay, this is not fun and games now.

When we play in the Pro Tour there's no crowds in, so you can concentrate better. The others play better as well, there's players who can't play too good on TV but on the floor when it's nice and quiet they can bang them in, let me tell you.

If you want to do something for the rest of your life, it's not going to be easy, especially being a pro hockey player, so you need to work at it.

You stay sharp. You go back into the gym. You work, put that work in, get that conditioning up, you lift. You pretty much know as a pro athlete what you need to do to get yourself back. But none of that, for me, means as much as playing.

Ultimately, I decided to go pro because that is what makes the most amount of sense for me.

I always wanted to be a pro athlete. When I was younger I wanted to be the first person to be a pro at three different sports, but then realized how impossible that is. At 15 I stopped playing other sports and focused on tennis.

Every pro has to decide what they want from their ball.

You paid attention to every cornerback that was drafted before you. You always tried to outperform those guys. And for me, that's always been in the back of my mind - starting with not being invited to the combine, of wanting to make sure I had a good Pro Day and then getting drafted at the end of the sixth round.

I hate to admit it, but my family was on the back burner for a good part of my career. I was so engrossed in what I was doing that I took my VCR home, ate dinner, went to my room and watched five games. Four days after the Pro Bowl, I'd be at the gym. But I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Football was my way out.

I'm not a politician, I'm a pro golfer.

I would like people to say that when they describe the type of player I am. Someone that prepares like a pro.

Frankly, I've had the opportunity to get certain accolades, make it to the conference finals, get awards, all this other stuff that doesn't matter. I'm looking only on championship probability. I just feel like I haven't accomplished much unless I can somehow get that done.

When you're concentrating hard, hours can fly by, and it's just you and a math problem.

When I'm on the court, I feel all problems go away.

One of our problems is our sense of discipline - dancers have an extraordinary sense of self-discipline.

If you don't work on important problems, it's not likely that you'll do important work.