Quotes About Focus

If you can get an out on one pitch, take it. Let the strikeouts come on the outstanding pitches. Winning is the big thing. If you throw a lot of pitches, before you know it, your arm is gone.

I never was brought into the league thinking as far as, you know, statistics, things like that. We were really brought into the league in a team concept. Everything was focused around winning.

The way you play, you need to talk about winning. Don't talk about keeping your card - talk about winning.

You know, sometimes the little victories that I have throughout the season are not necessarily obvious on the track. Maybe they're another aspect of what I'm doing, winning little victories here and there to get everything in line to be able to perform from top to bottom on race day.

As his team prepares, a coach's entire being must be concentrated on winning games.

Everybody thinks you can get by by being Mr. Nice Guy, but that's not what winning programs do. Winning programs have a plan.

What drives me is winning championships.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.

I have always taken a step forward and believe that slow and steady wins the race.

Offense is great, but defense wins championships.

Nobody wins the league in December. We have to go game by game.

You know when a person goes into the ring to win, or at least not to lose. I mean, when a fighter is ready and goes to fight, than it can be seen by his look. Regardless of whether he gets hit or not, he goes forward, and regardless of whether he wins or loses, he wants to go forward, and it is clear from his burning eyes.

You have to find what you're really passionate about, throw yourself into it, and focus on those small wins.

You don't think about the cold weather. I'm just going to go out and play ball, do the best I can, and hope the team wins.

Especially after going through an 82-game season, the team that's more mentally locked in and focused is usually the team that makes it to the Finals and wins the NBA championship.

Everybody runs, but only one wins first prize. So, run your race in such a way as to win.

I think if we just stay focused on what we focus on, which is ourselves, playing good ballgames, trying to win every day, don't take wins with us, don't take losses with us, if we just stay with that approach the results are going to be what they're going to be.

All I can do is make sure Demetrious Johnson does the best he can on fight night and goes out and wins his fights.

It's very important that you focus on winning games and being consistent down the stretch. I think that's what we're focused on. All of the other stuff about who wins and who loses and how many wins do we need, if we're focusing on that, then that's not good.

I was very disruptive. I was horrible. I didn't learn like all the other kids. I had to sometimes take my tests out in the hallways because I couldn't focus. But, my teachers would come see me in the plays and were like 'I don't understand how you can focus and be in the moment in a play and you go into math class and you can't focus.'

I remember doing my SATs on a film set; you had to complete the tests in a certain time and, obviously, you couldn't be interrupted. I think I did pretty well; it wasn't too difficult.

Test cricket tests you physically and skill-wise, but also mentally. And you have to be solid on all three to do well.

I'm all about job creation. That's what I've done for ten years as the governor of Texas, and that's what I'm focused on.

When you combine a Texas woman in a competition setting with her child, she gets very serious.