Focus Quotes

"You have to control your thoughts and emotions to stay focused on the task at hand. That's what separates the greats from the rest."

- John Smith

"You have to stay focused and composed even when the pressure is on. That's what separates the champions from the contenders."

- Cael Sanderson

"The more you attack, the more your opponent will make mistakes."

- Marcelo Garcia

"Fights are not won on drama. Fights are won on small, mundane details"

- John Danaher

"Training is about skill development, not about winning or losing. You don't need to win every battle, you only need to win the battles that count."

- John Danaher

"The only way I was able to pick up details on the court, to be aware of the minutiae on the hardwood, was by training my mind to do that off the court and focusing on every detail in my daily life. By reading, by paying attention in class and in practice, by working, I strengthened my focus. By doing all of that, I strengthened my ability to be present and not have a wandering mind."

- Kobe Bryant

"Try walking forward while looking over your shoulder and see how far you get. The same goes for life. Look forward!"

- Martin Henderson

"I like to work in the morning. I like to sometimes go to a place where I’m all alone where I’m not going to get a phone call early that hurts my feelings, because once my feelings are hurt, I’m dead in the water."

- Francis Ford Coppola

"Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness."

- Gautama Buddha

"Focus all your effort on what is in your power to control."

- John Wooden

"A fisherman's skill is born from moments of stillness and patterns of movement."

- Bryant McGill

"Our emphasis is on execution, not winning."

- Pat Summitt

"No matter who you are, we’re creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations."

- Wayne Gretzky

"Without great solitude no serious work is possible."

- Pablo Picasso

"Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart."

- Ancient Indian Proverb

"Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical."

- Wayne Gretzky

"I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now"

- Edna Mode

"Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give — with a few exceptions — generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything.  I myself have been guilty of over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out if they work."

- Ben Silbermann

"It’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the shower."

- Paul Graham

"I naturally focus my mind when I need to concentrate."

"I can stay focused under pressure."

"Keep your eye on the ball."

"Focus and finish."

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"Don’t look back…you’re not going that way."

"You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks."

"Talk slowly, think quickly."

"Generally, you ain’t learnin’ nothing when your mouth’s a-jawin’."

"It doesn't matter what others are doing, it matters what you are doing."

"Think, think, think!"