Focus Quotes

"The best pitchers have a short-term memory and a bulletproof confidence."

- Greg Maddux

"Close don’t count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades."

- Frank Robinson

"In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end."

- Tom Seaver

"I don’t fraternize with players when it’s time to hit. I’m preparing for the game. It’s the most important time of the day."

- Albert Belle

"A medicine cat has no time for doubt. Put your energy into today and stop worrying about the past."

- Erin Hunter

"When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time."

- Haile Gebrselassie

"It's more important to master the cards you're holding than to complain about the ones your opponents were dealt."

- Grimsley

"You play like you practice and practice how you play."

- Marcus Luttrell

"I’m a strong believer that you practice like you play, little things make big things happen."

- Tony Dorsett

"It's important to practice at speed of no mistakes."

- Lucinda Macworth Young

"I don't panic. I just make pitch."

- Freddy Garcia

"I look at things like a puzzle, and it's just got to fit. If you put the wrong puzzle piece in the wrong place, it doesn't work. That's how I look at everything."

- Alvin Kamara

"The busyness of things obscures our concentration on God … Never let a hurried lifestyle disturb the relationship of abiding in Him. This is an easy thing to allow, but we must guard against it."

- Oswald Chambers

"You don’t just play against the pins, you play against the scoreboard"

- Crackerjack

"When I step on the bowling alley, I have only one thought: strike."

- Unknown Pro

"The most important mark in bowling is the approach mark."

- Earl Anthony

"People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully."

- Steve Jobs

"Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains."

- Steve Jobs

"People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things."

- Steve Jobs

"That’s been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains."

- Steve Jobs

"If you keep your eye on the profit, you’re going to skimp on the product. But if you focus on making really great products, then the profits will follow."

- Steve Jobs

"Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole."

- Bernard Law Montgomery

""Don't pay attention to the size of the mountain in front of you. Rather, think about what the view from the summit is going to be like.""

- Craig D. Lounsbrough

"Clear, your mind must be, if you are to discover the real villains behind this plot."

- Yoda

"Close doesn't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades."

- Frank Robinson

"A cowboy knows that life is too short to waste on things that don’t matter."

"A true bowler makes every roll count, not just the strikes"

"Be the ball, see the ball, knock down the ball"

"Breathe, aim, roll, repeat, and watch the magic happen"

"Preoccupied with a single leaf you won't see the tree."