Quotes About Focus

I always tell beginning runners: Train your brain first. It's much more important than your heart or legs.

I have two speeds. Fast and faster. I don't just run. I take it.

If I can slow it down in my mind, things will be fine.

I always try to attack. While I'm on the offensive, my opponent can think of nothing but defending.

In training, you listen to your body. In competition, you tell your body to shut up.

Channel your energy. Focus.

Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.

Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball.

When I race my mind is full of doubts - who will finish second, who will finish third?

When I got to match point in the final I was afraid I'd be a little nervous, but I just said, You have to stay focused, just think about what you have to do.

The most interesting thing about this sport, at least to me, it the activity of preparation-any aspect of preparation for the games. The thrill isn't in the winning, it's in the doing.

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.

Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it.

A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.

I just don't deal with the negativity. I can't get involved in that side of it. I don't understand it, and you can't let it take away from your life and what you are trying to do.

When you're riding, only the race in which you're riding is important.

Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.

Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.

The only way to maximize potential for performance is to be calm in the mind.

Make the present good, and the past will take care of itself.

Playing well or playing bad, I have to play aggressive. I must play aggressive.

The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal.