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Quotes About Focus

My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
~ Bo Jackson
I am very determined and the sport is my passion. I believe I am born for running.
~ Cathy Freeman
I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.
~ Mark Spitz
The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.
~ Pete Sampras
Surfing's one of the few sports that you look ahead to see what's behind.
~ Laird Hamilton
There's one thing I don't ever think about: losing ... Instead, I think about how I'm going to win, and how I can do it the quickest way.
~ Joe Frazier
I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused.
~ Frank Lampard
If I thought I had hurt my chances of winning another major just because I was chasing money around, I'd wind up kicking myself.
~ Mike Weir
There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
~ Ted Williams
Many more people in the world are concerned about sports than human rights.
~ Samuel P. Huntington
I found climbing to be a very tactile sport. There's no ball that is zipping through the air ready to crack you in the head. It is just you and the rock base.
~ Erik Weihenmayer
As long as I can focus on enjoying what I'm doing, having fun, I know I'll play well.
~ Steffi Graf
My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.
~ Tommy Lasorda
My mind is my biggest asset. I expect to win every tournament I play.
~ Tiger Woods
My free-kick secret? I just look at the net and say take the kick, Cristiano.
~ Cristiano Ronaldo
Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.
~ Max Euwe
Play every game as if your job depended on it. It just might.
~ Casey Stengel
I'm not out there just to be dancing around. I expect to win every time I tee up.
~ Lee Trevino
Decide upon your major definite purpose in life and then organize all your activities around it.
~ Brian Tracy
There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'
~ Arthur Ashe
I didn't set out to beat the world; I just set out to do my absolute best.
~ Shaun White
Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.
~ Boris Becker
You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.
~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
~ Bo Jackson