Darci Lynne Farmer Quotes

To be perfectly honest with you, I was partying a lot in school. I didn't have any good study habits from high school because I just kind of got by on being a jock.

I was a terrible student. Still, I managed to get into college, but my daydreaming threatened to sabotage me. I used behavior modification to break the cycle. I started by setting an arbitrary time limit on studying: for every 15 minutes of study, I'd allow myself an hour of daydreaming. I set the alarm.

Actually the adrenaline of the game will probably help me out a little bit to regain command and concentration about the things that I have to do.

It is a lot of work when you have to go to school and then try to improve your game at the same time.

I didn't pay as much attention in school as I would have liked to.

I have never done any homework even when I was a child!

I did hardly any academic work. I learnt a fair amount, though.

I only complained in school, as I did not like studying.

Sometimes pressure can be good, and it gives you a lot of energy to do something.

You don't have time to dwell on what is going on in the games.

Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.

I was a very good student. Procrastinating gives me anxiety, and getting a B really ticked me off. Sure, I didn't always want to do my homework, but I actually really liked school. As nerdy as it sounds, I love learning.

Pressure can be good. It helps you to see what you're all about.

When I am training, I don't want any disturbances. I have to be focused, not losing sight of my targets. I cannot evade the fact that I am now well known and I have made already some money, but you can learn how to deal with it.

I think like a lot of people, you look back on your life and say, 'Gee, why didn't I apply myself?' If I would have spent as much time studying as I did conniving, trying to do as little as possible, I probably would have got the A's.

On a school day, I practice for two hours and more than half a day on weekends.

The habits of study in which I have been brought up have done much to support me. I never allow myself to be one moment unoccupied.

I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades.

When I went to college, I was doing well in school, but I didn't have any drive to study.

Competition is an easy way to get into flow.

If I'm not at my study by 10:00, 10:30, forget it, I can't write a word.

I wasn't very good in academics, but I could have been if I could have studied well. I was a smart kid.

I've always enjoyed real work more than schoolwork. My mother will attest to that - she was always concerned about me academically.

You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.

I think the most important thing I work on is just my mental approach to every day, my mental approach to the game. How to come in each and every day focused, doing what I want to do, I think that's just the biggest issue.