Quotes About Focus

The real issue is how to make appropriate choices about what to do at any point in time. The real issue is how we manage actions.

You will never have enough time to do everything you need to do, so what you need is a crystal clear understanding of the important things you have to do.

Be more ambitious. Don't bunt. When you get a job to do a story or an ad, try and hit the ball out of the park every time

We just have to plan everything in advance and concentrate it so that we get everything done in time. It's not as laidback as I wish it could be.

My family means everything to me and the birth of our daughter has enabled me to have more focus on my career and every time I compete, I dedicate my success to them.

My focus in 2010 was on just running fast races. My focus in 2011 was for winning at the World Championships. This year has been a combination of the two so we'll see what kind of time it brings.

I knew that the stronger that I was, the faster I was going to swim, and thats all I had in my mind at the time, was I wanted to be the best swimmer in the world.

The focus should be on the players. I'm here a long time. You can call me in the summer. Our seniors will be gone.

If you're going to do something, make it right and make it as good as you can. Don't waste anybody's time, especially your own.

I'm more focused on the positives of why I'm here. I'll be able to address those things in due time. Right now it's about the Thunder and Oklahoma City.

Don't teach too many postures; just the main ones, and hold them for a long time.

If you only write for 15 minutes at a time, you can write a book and still have time for Legos.

You've got a job to do, and because you've got a job to do, you've got to focus on that, so you don't have time for personal considerations.

I don't have time to stand around and listen to an 11-minute song.

Control your own time. Don't let it be done for you. If you are working off the in-box that is fed you, you are probably working on the priority of others.

We have to do one thing at a time. We can't be fighting ISIS and fighting [Bashar]Assad. Assad is fighting ISIS. He is fighting ISIS. Russia is fighting now ISIS. And Iran is fighting ISIS.

I'm trying not to get ahead of myself. I'm taking it one game at a time.

My priorities are my family and my job. I have little time for much else.

I'm kind of ADD. So I try to do one thing at a time. Otherwise, I would be sort of scattered and won't be 100% where I need to be for certain things.

When you wake up, think about winning the day. Don't worry about a week or a month from now -- just think about one day at a time.

You cannot give your full attention to something, and at the same time resist it.

Of all the time-saving techniques ever developed, perhaps the most effective is the frequent use of the word no.

Once you start something, finish it. Don't accumulate a backlog of unfinished projects.

At Ucross I learned that I am capable of focusing deeply for long periods of time. I love to write. I don't think I would have said that before this trip.