Quotes About Focus

Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.

Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.

Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

Nothing focuses the mind better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the map.

Golfers are the greatest worriers in the world of sport.

The most important thing to do is to set goals. Training is a waste of time if you don't have goals.

Losing doesn't eat at me the way it used to. I just get ready for the next play, the next game, the next season.

The most prepared are the most dedicated.

Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.

A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher.

The only thing that helps you win the game is preparation and getting your mind ready to go to battle. That's what you've got to do.

Golf isn't like other sports where you can take a player out if he's having a bad day. You have to play the whole game.

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up

I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.

Find something you love, and go after it, with all of your heart.

Not too hard for me to stay motivated when I'm in sport where everyone's trying to knock me out.

The only thing that counts is your dedication to the game. You run on your own fuel; it comes from within you.

I've always believed that you can be whatever you want to be if you are willing to sacrifice and dedicate yourself.

You don't win on emotion. You win on execution.

Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.

The best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts. Take care of one small thing at a time.

It takes sacrifice as well as talent.

Do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done the best way it can be done, and do it that way every time.