Quotes About Focus

I prefer to play with pressure rather than being relaxed.

When I'm outside the car, I'm just kind of relaxed, hanging out. People tell me I could be more confident outside the car, but when I get in the race car, I don't feel like anybody can beat me.

You never want to be too comfortable because that's when you start to get complacent and start doing those little stupid things and getting too relaxed.

Any time I'm having difficulty, I focus on the breath, on relaxed breathing.

I feel most relaxed when I am acting or writing.

It is necessary to relax your muscles when you can. Relaxing your brain is fatal.

Thinking about what songs are coming next instead of just relaxing, breathing and playing from my heart. Sometimes it can get to be almost like the enemy.

I found that photography was a great way of relaxing on the set.

Sometimes it's nice just being in your own room and having a quiet night and relaxing and getting ready for the game.

I like running. I am lucky for that; I don't find it hard. I like it as much as relaxing, actually. I am very focused on driving, and I don't like to party too much; that's just who I am.

When you're more comfortable out there, you start seeing different things, relaxing more, being able to trust your pitches more and not try to overdo things as much.

When we get comfortable, we start relaxing, taking bad shots, especially me I take bad shots when I'm tired.

The only time I'm relaxing is when I have the puck and controlling the puck. If I don't have it, I'm getting anxious, and I want to have it.

Nah, never relaxing, I'm always working.

I don't do much relaxing. When I'm not giving a recital I practise.

It's always a relaxing time before my match.

I know by relaxing, I can land more.

In hindsight, if I could go back in time and relay a message to my younger self, I would tell him to work on his time keeping, and that the job of a drummer is not to be the one that gets noticed the most on stage, or to be the fastest, or the loudest. Above all, it is to be the timekeeper.

Sometimes I dance for concentration. I dance to release my nervousness.

I can write anywhere. I actually wrote more than I ever did when I had small children. My children were never a hindrance.

I'm going to stick to what I can do... because if I try and,,, do the impossible, I will either get too frustrated to the point where I won't enjoy the sport anymore, or I will get hurt and maybe have to get hip replacements at age 30.

Hip-hop is very diverse, but if you only focus on one aspect of it, then what you get is this image of Black America that is completely contrary to what actually goes on.

So as long as my shoulders are level and I pull through with my hips, the ball should go where it's supposed to go.

I drew a line for myself. I never dated anyone that could hire me when I was first in Hollywood, and I think that kept me focused on what I was there to do and how I wanted to go about it. I took it a step at a time.