Eliud Kipchoge Quotes

The mind is running on all sides to think about many things, - what we call thoughts coming from outside. We must withdraw the mind from these distractions and make it abide in the self. Thus guarding the peace within we shall have to do the work without.

It's a horrible and wonderful battle with yourself, to stay calm, stay in the moment. My coach said, "Stay here, not at the target. Don't be down there." It's why they call it the Zen art.

The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.

I see martial arts as moving forms of meditation. When you're sparring or drilling techniques, you can't think of anything else.

It's amazing how confused and distracted and misdirected so many people are.

Mindfulness has helped me succeed in almost every dimension of my life. By stopping regularly to look inward and become aware of my mental state, I stay connected to the source of my actions and thoughts and can guide them with considerably more intention.

Meditation is a lifelong process. Give it a try. As you get deeper and more disciplined into the process, you'll get deeper and more disciplined in your mind and life.

I had tried to get focused on other things. But I always ended up back in the same place, and it wasn't making me happy. I needed to get the focus back.

You can't control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.

If you take an hour out of your day to meditate, you will progress ten-fold. By staying mentally focused, you can let your worries go.

You don't meditate once and suddenly your life turns around. What it does is it lets you train your brain to be able to become more stable in an action-oriented way.

You have to listen to the anthems, allow the emotion to come, but then need to snap back into the match and your specific task.

Keeping my focus on what's important - inside the Octagon and out - is never lost on me.

Once I dedicated my time to mixed martial arts, I became careful about what I let into my mind. I made a goal of being the best on Earth in mixed martial arts and fighting. I wanted to build my mind into something good, not just of the world. I wanted to be different.

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.

I want to keep my head in the game, my ego low.

I have confidence in my ability, and I try to isolate myself from everything going on around me.

It's all about mentally staying in the moment and not losing concentration and trying to back up every day.

To learn to concentrate we must choose a prayer or meditation and follow this path with commitment and steadiness, a willingness to work with our practice day after day, no matter what arises.

Peak performance is meditation in motion.

Yoga makes my day better as I am less likely to fall victim to my otherwise foolish & forgetful mind.

Concentration is that ability to not think about anything.

A man were better relate himself to a statue or picture than to suffer his thoughts to pass in smother.

Follow the wandering, the distraction, find out why the mind has wandered; pursue it, go into it fully. When the distraction is completely understood, then that particular distraction is gone. When another comes, pursue it also.

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