Richard Armour Quotes

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

I know you can't lose concentration when you get in range, otherwise you'll get caught with something.

I tend to be so lost in the work that I don't notice the weather. My partner will come home and say, 'Beautiful day, wasn't it?' and I'll say, 'Was it?' as I won't have noticed the real world at all.

Do you, and the rest is background noise.

I don't believe in luck. Not in golf, anyway. There are good bounces and bad bounces, sure, but the ball is round and so is the hole. If you find yourself in a position where you hope for luck to pull you through, you're in serious trouble.

You can't be aware of everything. You'd fall down the stairs if you were aware of every intricate thing involved in going down stairs.

It is treacherous on a high wire to change your focus point and suddenly look down.

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.

It's such a psychological and mental game, golf, that the smallest wrong thing at the wrong time can distract you from what you're trying to achieve.

You need to pay attention to the little things as well as the big things.

We've lost the ability to immerse ourselves in things.

The F-word here is focus.

When you're out there, you aren't paying attention to who you're throwing to. You're looking for the guy that's open.

During the game, you don't really notice how many guys have touched the ball because you're just focusing on where you need to be.

Look where you are going because you will inevitably go where you are looking.

What is the difference between attention and inattention? What is attention and what is concentration? ...Attention has no centre.

When you let go of your attention for a little while, do not think you may recover it whenever you please.

The trick is this: keep your eye on the ball. Even when you can't see the ball.

Take less time to read the scorecard and more time to read the hole.

That little white ball is always staring back at you, daring you to make a mistake.

I don't concentrate on if a moment is scary or not. That's not my job.

Be true to the thought of the moment and avoid distraction. Other than continuing to exert yourself, enter into nothing else, but go to the extent of living single thought by single thought.

I tried to pay attention, but attention paid me.

No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.

In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.