Quotes About Focus

When we try and blend the two together, the songwriting and the touring like we did before, it doesn't really work. We tend to become very focused on what we are doing. And we tend to be a little bit one-track-minded.

Making a record and being a touring artist is about cooperation between spirit, craft, emotion, and focus.

I don't really work on songs when we're touring because there's just too much other stuff going on.

I hate to play a tournament in which I'm not contending. It's just not any fun for me.

I'm a tournament guy; that's what I grew up doing.

From the start, all I did was play football. I briefly played badminton and won a tournament when I was 12, but really, it was always football.

Once you get to the tournament, it's like, win or go home.

Mental and physical preparation is critical in tournament poker events like the WSOP.

When I went to Q school, I was walking into a tournament where 500 other players all wanted the same thing as me.

Each tournament is equally important.

I work better under pressure. I was the local badminton champion when I was a kid, and there was another girl who used to thrash me for the five days leading up to the tournament and then I would just nail her to the floor in the competition.

You have to put in the extra hours away from the tournament. There's no other option.

I played tournament chess from fifth grade up into high school.

In a way getting fired up for these matches is what makes the Premier League the hardest tournament for me. Knowing I can lose and still be in the tournament probably makes me relax too much sometimes.

The Matchplay is a straight knock-out tournament so everybody is under pressure straight away - I prefer that.

I like to come to a tournament with a specific playlist that I can listen to before going on the court. I like five or 10 minutes just for myself.

It doesn't much concern me if Tiger plays in the tournament or no.

In tournament football, you cannot dwell on things for too long.

Maybe, one other match better; but if you look at the tournament as a whole, I played very high quality tennis for seven matches and raised my game when I needed to.

When you start off a new tournament, you want to do well.

I was in the middle of the golf tournament trying to make birdies and I was just having a blast. So that probably qualifies as having a greater appreciation.

I like to keep myself physically and mentally fit before any important match. I usually take a short nap just before the game and do not practice immediately before the tournament.

During a tournament, I'm not thinking about mechanics at all. I'm in scoring mode.

I want to win every single tournament that I'm playing in.