Jenny Slate Quotes

My toughest opponent is me. My mind has a tendency to wander during bouts. I tend to focus on things other than the bout. I have to work at staying motivated, getting my head right.

Something I learned early in college (is) to not worry about what I can't controlBut what I can control is my attitude, my effort, my focus every single day and that's what I'm trying to worry about.

Always staying focused is something that's been very tough for me. I'm still working on it.

The more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.

I thought a lot and I controlled my thoughts in my work - and I controlled my work through my thoughts.

I only focus on what I can do.

I use discipline and focus as my greatest weapons.

The only secret I can claim to have is concentration, and that's something that can't be taught.

The most powerful way to control your focus is through the use of QUESTIONS

The one human quality that must be developed is self discipline for success. The will power to force yourself to do what you know you should do when you should do it, whether you like it or not, whether you feel like it or not. Success is tons of discipline.

What you focus on grows.

I realize that just my personality is, that I've gotta stay focused. I can't be too distracted.

You've just got to focus on what you have to do.

Don't wait for a more convenient day to discipline your mind!

There are always distractions, if you allow them.

I just have to concentrate on doing what I do.

One way to boost our will power and focus is to manage our distractions instead of letting them manage us.

What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want it to do.

Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.

I'm tough, I'm pushy, I'm really loud. I used to spend a lot of time thinking about it. But we only have so much brain capacity, so if I'm spending part of my brain thinking about how I'm acting, A, I'm not spending all of my brain doing, and B, I'm not actually in that moment.

I was reading an article in the 'New York Times;' it talked about being in the zone, and being in the zone you're so focused that time ceases to exist. It's when you think, 'Oh, I've been doing this for five hours and didn't even know it.' It's the difference between hard work and going, '12 o'clock, not moving.'

I've trained all my life not to be distracted by distractions.

I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.

I try to stay focused.

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.