Quotes About Concentration

All good writing is like swimming underwater and holding your breath.

There was something pathetic in his concentration, as if his complacency, more acute than of old, was not enough to him anymore.

You save up all your energy for the big push--when you need it. And when you're up there, concentrate. Remain calm and steady as she goes. Don't look right, don't look left, don't let yourself get rattled, just stay the course, nice and easy all the way.

Confucian axiom "If one's mind is elsewhere, one will look but not see, listen but not hear

The presence of another person derails my thoughts; I dream of the other's presence with a strange absent-mindedness that no amount of my analytical scrutiny can define.

Pon todo lo que eres en lo mínimo que hagas

I don't think too far ahead of myself.

Actually, one of the fascinating things that I've learned playing chess is that the way you play chess is kind of like the way you live your life.

Fastball middle-middle. You can't miss that pitch.

If you practice in a focused, concentrated manner and make efficient use of your time, you will progress a lot faster than if you were to use the same time noodling without any specific goals or direction.

If your feet are in Fresno, Calif., that's where your head needs to be. That's where your mind needs to be. You don't need to be thinking about anything else other than the next game you're going to play.

Very, very few people actually have long stretches of uninterrupted time at an office.

Few things focus the mind like fear.

When you don't have to worry about the financial side, you can truly concentrate on the craft. You can truly concentrate on the fights you really want to have. You have that freedom and it's extremely important especially when you have a family and you have to provide.

I figured I would always be a candidate for man of the year in the virtue-is-its-own-reward category. What that did was force me to concentrate on the work.

Filmmaking is a very serious job, and I want to concentrate on that.

I always found when I was most focused, that's when I did the best financially.

Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.

I remember so well my father's complete concentration when he went to the studio. Everything he did, every movement he made, he did with complete concentration. Then, after he had finished work, he would go to the beach or whatever, and then he would enjoy play and forget about his work.

At the end of the day, you have a job to do, and if you don't do your job, you're going to get fired. You just have to kind of put your head down and do it.

I'm a firm believer when I'm doing my job to not want anybody around.

The key step for an infielder is the first one... but before the ball is hit.

The child who concentrates is immensely happy.

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.