Focus Quotes · Page 181

People can certainly be creative when they're under the gun, but only when they're able to focus on the work.

— Teresa Amabile

I switch off during games. I don't even realise it. For 10 minutes or so, I lose my concentration.

— Javier Pastore

When you manipulate others your attention level drops and you become prey, for you have dropped to the plane of manipulation.

— Frederick Lenz

The emotive power of hummus all over the Middle East cannot be overstated, being the focus of some serious tribal rivalries.

— Yotam Ottolenghi

When I first got sober, I hadn't read anything for six or seven years. I didn't have even that much focus.

— Mary Gauthier

“Learning to let go is not giving up! It is simply passing the burden to a better fighter, so you can fight…

— Shannon L. Alder

I hate being the center of attention...but I also hate feeling invisible.

— Anonymous

My focus is on a ring, and giving the best individual performance I can.

— Frank Thomas

How did we cure polio, smallpox and send a man to the moon? How did we decode the human genome in just…

— Margaret Cuomo

Every game's a championship game. When we focus that way, get prepared that way-that this is it, you know, this is the…

— Russell Wilson

I'm going to try and focus on doing more theater things. I come from that background. I honestly feel so comfortable being…

— Victor Rasuk

I don't really feel pressure. I'm so distracted by what we're doing; I'm doing this four-acre project, it's just absorbing all my…

— Tavares Strachan

What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly…

— Arnold Palmer

But if you're coming off ACL surgery, you don't need to be having a press conference at OTAs. Every week? Really? It…

— Donovan McNabb

When I make a movie, I don't do any shows because the focus is completely on the film but when I take…

— Farah Khan

“This ability to perfect the products of others stems from a laser-like focus on continuous improvement, which owes as much to Buddhist…

— Daniel Tudor

Some actors, and especially the younger actors, they come into the job with a lot of attention on how they behave and…

— Beau Bridges

People always focus on people like me who use synthesizers, right, which are explicitly electronic and therefore obvious. "Ah, yes, that's electronic…

— Brian Eno

There in front of me was the Senator on the floor being held by the busboy. There was nobody else around, and…

— Bill Eppridge

You've got to be committed. It comes down to setting yourself goals as an individual. In rugby you have team goals that…

— Filo Tiatia

I've figured out the secret. Your mind is your power; you have to work with your mind and work with your own…

— Brandy Norwood

Failure is always present as an actor. I make my living by taking chances. If I'm not risking something, then I'm not…

— Damon Runyon

Hail, Caesar! is about, in my opinion - I love that movie - but I think it's about the idea that as…

— David Krumholtz

Many people make their lives miserable simply because they forget their fortunes and blessings; but tenaciously remember all the unfortunate things happened…

— T Joseph Benziger

It doesn't matter where you find yourself, you have to focus and concentrate and work for the team.

— Kelechi Iheanacho

Are we gonna just make movies about trying to get laid over and over again or focus on something that's more relevant?

— Seth Rogen

I tend to focus on what I'm doing at the moment, and that takes up the entire span of my focus.

— Maura Tierney

As one can solve maths by concentrating do I focus on certain places in my body and generate heat because of it.

— Wim Hof

You have to focus on the process. You cannot be glued to the results.

— Ivan Lendl

“Don’t try to find solutions yet. Your focus in this step is strictly on listing the problems.”

— Ray Dalio

“Now I feel free, and hope is creeping back. Maybe because I'm paying attention to what I have rather than what's missing.”

— Doug Cooper

You need to realise that you must have something to aim for, something to drive you.

— Rohit Sharma

There are obviously times where I love to pig out and enjoy myself, but I always make sure to never lose my…

— Nia Jax

“You can never focus without a goal and never achieve your goal without focus...”

— Marcel Riemer

My primary focus is going into a football game and having a turnover-free football game. That's my primary focus.

— Jameis Winston

“Q: What is wrong with the world? A: Everybody pays attention to pictures of things. Nobody pays attention to things themselves.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

You will not be good teachers if you focus only on what you do and not upon who you are.

— Rudolf Steiner

I like being in focus, in the moment, changing and adapting and creating and advancing a scene.

— Dominic Cooper

Tennis is my life, obviously; I need to focus, I need to win. But it's not the only thing. I'm not going…

— Novak Djokovic

I think L.A. is impossible. There's just too much media focus. You can't live a normal live.

— Brad Pitt