Fabio Quagliarella Quotes

So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.

The successful golfers - they're like astronauts or pilots. They have that demeanor that they can focus and stay within that one moment and nothing distracts them. That's not me.

I learned early in sports that to be effective - for a player to play the best he can play - is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.

When you're on the pitch, you can't think about what the fans are thinking.

All of the off-field stuff, I can promise you, it doesn't even register with me.

On the pitch we tend to forget the things that happen off the field. I try to focus a lot on what I'm doing.

Concentration is born on the practice court... you must mentally treat your practice sessions as matches, concentrating on every ball you hit.

My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

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

I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.

You have a small period of time when you can perfect your career and become good at it. A lot of guys get distracted, which only hurts them. You must stay focused and work very hard at boxing.

I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon as I see the targets, I tune them out.

The only way I know how to deliver is to focus; some people can turn it on or off - I'd rather stay in character.

Boxing is not about your feelings. It's about performance.

Golf is played between the ears and if you are not 100 percent focused on what you are trying to do, then people will go past you no matter who you are.

Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference.

Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.

I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.

When I'm on the field, I really don't focus on fans. I just focus on my responsibility, which is the guy right across from me.

When you watch the top guys, you know there will be no drama all match. They're gonna wipe their face between points, they're gonna ask for balls, they're gonna choose the ball, they're gonna bounce the ball 200 times, they're gonna hit the ball, and that's it. That's the whole story.

As players, we have to concentrate with what happens on the pitch, not off it.

I just concentrate on my performance and the football.

When you're in there getting buckets, you're not really paying attention to who's there. You're just doing your thing.

The biggest challenge is to stay focused. It's to have the discipline when there are so many competing things.

At the end of the day, I play baseball, and I don't let anything else get in my head.