Quotes About Focus

Of necessity, a scientist typically studies one incredibly tiny sliver of some biological system, totally ensconced within one discipline, because even figuring out how one sliver works is really hard.

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.

O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.

It is my goal to be world champion.

I was world champion. For me, chess is my life. It is everything.

For me, it doesn't matter if you are fighting a world champion or not.

It's my job to show up, make weight, and prepare to be a world champion if that opportunity presents itself.

You don't become a world champion by training like a world champion - after you win a belt. If you want to become a world champion, long before that you've got to walk like one, talk like one, train like one, carry yourself like one. And that means training as hard as you can for every fight.

A player cannot become a world champion overnight. To become a champion, a player has to sacrifice a lot and to devote much of his time practising and training.

I'm a world champion and I know the immense amount of focus that it took to become a world champion and I know the immense amount of focus that it takes to stay a world champion.

It's a quality you need to be a world champion; you have to have that killer instinct.

Being a fighter is no joke. Year in and year out. Especially as a world champion. All eyes are on you, and you can't go where you want, eat what you want.

I didn't become world champion to fight Jimmy Kelly.

My goal is to become a world champion.

My first goal was to become world champion and I did that against Ricky Burns at 135. Once I conquered that, I set myself another goal and another goal.

So much of boxing is to do with your mental state. Evander Holyfield talks about spirit. I definitely have that spirit and feel like I've got something special inside me. It's about me bringing it out, controlling it and using it to become world champion.

I never put it to where I say, 'I'm just this big pay-per-view star,' or 'I wanna be the No. 1 pay-per-view star that got all the ratings.' No, I was just like, 'I'm gonna be a world champion. That's what I'm gonna be.'

I believe I'm destined to be a world champion and I'm getting closer to what I want. Part of it is developing a championship mentality and I feel I have that now.

If I make history, I don't need to blab about it. My first concern is not 'making history,' it's myself and becoming world champion. That's all I care about.

Anyone who is not trying to be the world champion is wasting their time.

Every fighter goes into the gym to be a world champion.

I go from unranked to world champion in one year.

If I get annoyed because I'm not in the headlines and don't do well in training, I won't do well if I have to go in. I've to be prepared because the World Cup isn't easy.