Quotes About Concentration

To separate the main issue from the side issues is the first task of the orderly mind.

And for five long hours the little man sat motionless, blinking his eyelids like a cat, his green eyes flickering and becoming steadily greener and greener.

Until the last minute I keep everything here," he tapped his forehead.

If we want to go further, then instead of being silently aware of whatever comes into the mind, we choose silent present-moment awareness of just one thing.

Take time, be exact, unclutter the mind. —Rabbi Simcha Zissel Ziv, the Alter of Kelm

When you are writing a book, it feels as if you are simply concentrating on the world of the book and that whatever is happening in your personal life is outside the room, as it were. But maybe that's just the way you have to talk to yourself to make it possible.

Only he, who penetrates into the depth of the game, can express his personality in it.

Golf is difficult to get your personality over because you are such a bottle of concentration.

I did 'Philadelphia' and 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape?' at the same time. It's kind of wonderful to do it that way, because you get very hyper-focused.

I feel like the phone was in my way. So I got rid of the phone to focus.

I still find it absurdly difficult to concentrate on a novel if there's a phone or computer to hand; I have taken to locking them outside the room like noisy pets.

What I love about photography, and it's the same thing I love about acting, really, is that it forces you, like, right into the moment, where you can't be distracted, where you can't be, like, thinking about other things or ahead of yourself or behind yourself.

Physical activity can improve immunity, concentration in the classroom and aerobic fitness.

I try to physically and mentally immerse myself in whatever it is I am doing. That is good for me as an artist.

I was so empty. I didn't always feel physically bad. I was able to play, but I wasn't there 100%. I felt I was fighting this strange feeling rather than the opponent; I couldn't really describe what was going on.

Even when I wasn't doing much 'science for the public' stuff, I found that four or five hours of intense work in physics was all my brain could take on a given day.

I draw and play the piano badly. But when I'm doing those things, I'm concentrating so hard there's no room for worry. I find that onstage, too.

If you're playing a shot and your peripheral vision picks up a player moving as you play the shot, if your vision goes from the object ball to what they're doing, you can miss the shot by several inches.

As a professional, I have always tried to stay concentrated on the pitch, but it was not easy.

That's the main thing for a player: you feel comfortable, you feel aware of everything around you, and you don't think about anything other than football when you're on the pitch.

You concentrate just on yourself. I can't wallow in anything, can't worry about what others are doing.

I sometimes got distracted easily and allowed my mind to wander when I needed to be focused. It's quite subtle, really, and just being aware of it helps.

On those long notes behind the trumpet solo, if anyone lets his mind wander for a minute he is dead.

My toughest opponent is me. My mind has a tendency to wander during bouts. I tend to focus on things other than the bout. I have to work at staying motivated, getting my head right.