Tom Daley Quotes

Take each day as it comes and focus on the present moment.

I don't worry about the last shot or the next shot. I concentrate. Every shot gets a clean slate. And when a shot is over, I wipe it out absolutely. Tell a joke or something. If you worry about how you looked, how well you did, you'll go insane.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

I look at what's in front of me. I concentrate on that and then hopefully move on.

Before I found my peace, I was way too much in my head. I found myself on the field in my own thoughts. I've learned that there's a time and a place for my thoughts. The most important thing when I'm on the field is to just be in the moment and let it all go.

The single guiding principle that I try to follow, assuming blindly that the rest will fall into place, is to operate squarely in the present. I think it's one of the most difficult things for anyone to do.

I'm not trying to be efficient; I'm trying to be present.

I live in the present.

The best gift we can have is living in the present moment and really enjoying it for what it is; and, not being in our heads and getting sidetracked.

Harnessing the power of the present means having your full awareness on the task at hand and having access to the possibilities, the opportunities, and the support that exists right now.

When you wash your hands, when you make a cup of coffee, when you're waiting for the elevator - instead of indulging in thinking, these are all opportunities for being there as a still, alert presence.

Be present and in the moment.

I kind of entered a flow state. I've been there before while climbing. You are not thinking ahead. You are just thinking about what is in front of you each second.

While you are meditating, if your mind wanders, gently bring it back to the present moment.

Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.

A great hallmark of mental wellness is the ability to be in the present moment, fully and with no thoughts of being elsewhere.

I can meditate anywhere, anytime, even whilst talking to you.

I can enjoy what I'm engaged in and be fully present rather than planning my answers to questions while someone else is speaking or thinking about my next appointment while my current engagement is still in in progress.

Meditation is a state of mind which looks at everything with complete attention, totally, not just parts of it. And no one can teach you how to be attentive. If any system teaches you how to be attentive, then you are attentive to the system, and that is not attention.

I just try to play with more focus on myself; I don't worry too much about the other things that maybe gave me too much pressure in the past.

That's such a common saying: Just be present, live in the moment. But there's actually really something to it when you really start to learn it.

Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.

You read the play that's in front of you. You don't try to look back; you don't look forward. You deal with the game that you have in front of you.

I try to take each moment at a time.

My focus is to try to appreciate the present moment more and more and more.