Quotes About Concentration

It's not necessarily about the physical aspects when people say receivers have a lot of drops or can't catch the ball. It's that they are not focusing on the right things. That their mind-set is not in the right spot.

Sometimes when you're in the game, things speed up a little bit, which can make you miss your spot by a couple of inches.

I've taken this year to concentrate fully on the promotion of 'The Lady.' This movie has been so meaningful; until we have premiered in every part of the world and encouraged as many people as possible to shine the spotlight on the Burmese people and Daw Suu, I will not have a next project.

When you focus the spotlight so much on one person, I think it's very, very dangerous.

It's not 64 squares. It's a battlefield. There's no luck, there's no dice. It's just you and your opponent.

It's obvious that St. Louis has certain advantages compared to other cities: namely, a concentration of financial services.

Before a race, I block out what's going on in the stadium. It's different for everyone. But for me, I've always been able to block it out. For a sprint race, it's important not to get distracted.

The first time was in Brazil, and the second time was when I was playing for Shakhtar against Inter in Milan. Fans were banned from the stadium on both occasions, and it is different. You have to keep your concentration on the pitch and try to win the game.

I would like to concentrate fully on football during the Euro, and I would feel much better if my family is not sitting in the stadium.

Playing in an empty stadium won't faze me at all.

When I am on stage I am locked away in energy and in concentration. I hear and I think about nothing but the music and I can only relax when it is over.

When I'm up on stage, I don't think about anything except the song I'm singing. Anyway, the majority of my audience is female, and I can't think that many of them want to see me a French maid outfit somehow!

I think is very beneficial to relax yourself so that when you are doing it you are not staggering for lines and your concentration is not on what I am going to say - but the scene itself, the character that you are talking to.

I don't ever leave my garage stall during practice. I don't want to know what other people are doing. I don't look at the scoreboard.

Snooker isn't a sport where you can put on bulk muscle. It's about the cueing and the stamina.

I still have a stammer that I can control by not opening a sentence with a hard consonant, or by concentrating for a moment, breathing softly down. Growing up, the 'Our Father' was lovely, made for me, the 'Hail Mary' was gorgeous, and 'Glory Be to the Father' was an absolute nightmare.

Usually, I concentrate on work for a certain time, and finish when I clear a standard I set myself. But with 'Mononoke,' the production was so drawn out, it took forever to finish to my satisfaction.

It's hard to get lost in a scene, to get into a character when everyone's standing around you on the set.

As a keeper, you have more time, and you do hear more from the stands.

In a game, I'm locked in. I maybe notice three rows in the stands the arena over, and that's it.

I never knew any man cured of inattention.

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again.

There is no limit to which a man will not go to avoid thinking.

A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding.