Quotes About Focus

We usually have a fixed routine for our trainings. It is important that we are disciplined throughout because, being athletes, those little things impact our performances on the field.

I don't believe in expending energy on something you can't do anything about. If there was some easy way of fixing things, I'd probably do it.

I played baseball too, and flag football, but basketball was the easiest for me. Then when I was 12, my dad asked me what I wanted to do, and I said 'Be an NBA player.' Since then, he started training me.

I'm not going to score if I'm out near the corner flag.

As a DB you're trained to never look for a flag.

As bowlers, we don't worry about the wickets, whether they are flat or not.

Stats are for losers, really. You've just got to go and play better, flat out.

Catching the right fleeting moment, with the right focus, is a very difficult thing to do.

I go for wickets and I flight the ball.

You never want anything to distract from the message you're sharing with the audience. That means even after an all-nighter in the car or a live shot after two connecting flights, you have to sound and seem fresh. You want people focused on what you're saying, not how you look.

For me, whenever I get on the floor, I'm gonna try to impact the game and just do what I do.

For the most part I'll probably do floor exercise and balance beam. Those are the two things that I do.

I wouldn't say I'm the best player. On the competitive level, I am the best competitor. I don't think there's anybody like me. I play my heart out on both ends of the floor, and I give my all.

I just care about winning and doing what I can while I'm on the floor.

I'm not a cerebral player. When I'm out on the floor, I try to play.

All I can control is what I do when I step on the floor.

I try to leave everything on the floor every single game.

I really try to handle my business on the floor.

I'm not so good at sitting on the floor and meditating.

At the end of the day, if I can keep playing defense, I'm going to be able to stay on the floor, and obviously that's what everyone wants to do.

Every time I go out on the floor, it doesn't matter what is going on in my life or on the floor - it's about winning basketball games.

I can't really explain how some games I can get so many rebounds and some I can't. It just comes down to being aggressive and really going for it on both ends of the floor.

Writing is challenging work because it's so easy to get consumed with how it's going, what's going to happen to it, who's going to like or not like it. You want to get all of that stuff out of your head and just let the work flow.

Competition is an easy way to get into flow.