Quotes About Focus

I don't get that involved in politics because I'm in my dance bubble.

You're really in a bubble if you're not watching the league.

As a batter, I just try to put myself in a bubble, not letting anything in from the outside, looking only at how many runs I can score.

When you're in there getting buckets, you're not really paying attention to who's there. You're just doing your thing.

Even when you have a big budget, you can't just shoot everything.

When you're shooting a movie that's not necessarily a huge budget, you have to think about what you can leave out and still make it interesting.

I never think about the budget of the film.

Either you've got the bug, or you haven't. There are many things I'd rather be doing than writing a book.

I was going to Hartford High School and when the theater bug hit, it hit hard and it saved my life. It gave me focus, direction and purpose.

When the confidence builds it is easier for the player to come into the next game.

Most notifications you get are because a machine is trying to get your attention. Those notifications aren't built to help you live your life. They're built to get your attention.

When you're gone from the game so much you miss those things, like just being able to throw a bullpen and work on stuff and having all this time to prepare for the season.

I've had a lot of bumps in the road, but I kept my head down and kept working.

I'm a businessman, that's all.

When you are away from the game and busy with other areas, you realize that the world does not revolve around baseball.

You have to insulate yourself - I'm talking about from everything, people can be talking to you and you won't hear 'em - that's how you write a song. And I haven't been able to do that over here 'cause I'm so busy and then, when I am off, I want to get away from music.

I'm so busy these days. I forget everything but my lines.

I just always wanted to stay busy.

I don't want to start producing dressing gowns and cuff links with the Purdey name stamped on them. Making Purdey the leading gunmaker is our priority. Once we have succeeded in doing that, then we might look at some accessories, but it is a long haul.

I feel less adrenaline in my body now, but more in my head. I tried to be at my best, and I succeeded.

I was always focussed on the modelling and succeeding in that, but now I'm completely focused on making it over in India in the movies.

Thinking of Plan B muddies up your chances of succeeding at Plan A.

If you imagine someone with 100 percent determination and 100 percent intelligence, you can discard a lot of intelligence before they stop succeeding. But if you start discarding determination, you very quickly get an ineffectual and perpetual grad student.

People don't understand this: if you want to have a really good shot at succeeding, there are doors you have to slam in people's faces and say, 'This is my priority, and you can't depend on me to help you.' I was never good at that.