Lucas Black Quotes

When I walk through that gate to the court, that's my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.

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

Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.

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

There's something to be said about living in the present moment. In cooking, you're allowing your mind to just focus on the task at hand, and you're able to escape and put your mind at rest. That's why it becomes meditative.

The outside noise is something I try not to listen to.

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.

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.

Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.

The simple things in life ground me and keep me focused so I'm able to do a good job with what is in front of me.

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.

If I know somebody is coming 'round, it is incredibly difficult for me to work because I'm waiting for this interruption - even the children's comings and goings are interruptions. Cake-making is a good way of coming out of that space.

Confine yourself to the present.

I never read my press when I was competing. I never got caught up in what I was doing at that moment.

Writing is a very focused form of meditation. Just as good as sitting in a lotus position.

My approach to every game was to try to erase the games that were before and try to focus on the game at hand.

When I attack a role, be it TV, film or stage, the first thing I say is, I don't want to know anything. If it's good I don't want to hear it; if it's bad I don't want to hear it. The only thing either thing can do is distract me. I like to stay focused.

I'm finally locked into the now, and it's great.

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.

I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.

Happiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.

True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

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.

The next point - that's all you must think about.

I think I'm really good at forgetting about golf when I'm off the golf course.