Quotes About Concentration

Yeah, I'm going to start talking to myself a little bit. Not talking to the opponent as much.

We will not take Arsenal lightly for one minute, as they showed in the two matches against us last season that they can be dangerous opponents if we lose our concentration for a moment.

Henry Kissinger once told me he was very concerned about the Internet's impact on people's ability to absorb information in a concentrated way, because we've become accustomed to looking up something, getting a snippet and being satisfied with that - as opposed to reading through and considering a weighty tome that goes into great depth.

Every ball matters - if with the last ball the opposition need four to win, and you've gone for 96, can you get that out of your mind and bowl a dot ball and win the game?

This is football, and one cannot be distracted at any moment because the opposition can put you in difficulty and compromise a result.

Focusing isn't just an optical activity, it is also a mental one.

Anything I've done that really worked happened because, either by sheer will or a lack of options, I was incredibly focused on one problem.

The secret to multitasking is that it isn't actually multitasking. It's just extreme focus and organization.

People who organize their time in a way that allows them to focus are not only going to get more done, but they'll be less tired and less neurochemically depleted after doing it.

Historically, the stuff of the universe goes on becoming concentrated into ever more organized forms of matter.

I'm very detail oriented. Everything that takes a lot of dedication and creativity I do in the morning when there is light and I'm really concentrated.

When you're up for an award at the Oscars, try as you might, it's hard to concentrate on the show.

I'm an old git now, so I would say this, but television was better when there were less channels. There was more concentration and selection in terms of the output.

I don't like the outside world to intrude when I'm making a film. I like to either see my family or work, but I don't like to go out.

When I'm writing, I'm in an isolation chamber. I'm not one to think about that outside world stuff when I'm writing.

You can almost get overwhelmed if you start focusing on Serena being on the other side of the court.

each switch imposes a direct penalty of a bit more than twenty minutes of lost concentration.

The top quartile, those who did the exercise most rapidly and effectively, work in space that is substantially different from that of the bottom quartile. The top performers' space is quieter, more private, better protected from interruption, and there is more of it. What

He made a conscious decision not to think about it, and accordingly spent the rest of his shift thinking about nothing else.

There are always distractions if you allow them.

One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.

They were always doing something. Quietly, without interruption, and with great concentration, they carried on with the hundred-and-one small things that made up their world.

You can close your mind to things if something is important enough. It works very well. You make yourself very small, shut your eyes tight and say a big word over and over again until you're safe.

Gathering is peculiar, because you see nothing but what you're looking for. If you're picking raspberries, you see only what's red, and if you're looking for bones you see only the white. No matter where you go, the only thing you see is bones.