Serge Ibaka Quotes

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.

I like to work and it kind of keeps me in line, which is very good because I need that structure.

When I do something, I do it for the specified amount of time, and then I do something else.

I learned that focus is key. Not just in your running a company, but in your personal life as well.

The most important thing about skating is that it teaches you to do the things you should do before you do the things you want to do.

The habits of study in which I have been brought up have done much to support me. I never allow myself to be one moment unoccupied.

I always got my work done before playing.

The Web forces me to be disciplined and not to waste time - but before the Web was invented, there were plenty of opportunities to do that anyway.

Time management is the mantra of my life.

Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here.

I discovered that the best thing for me was to be very busy all the time. I can get a lot done, and I can do those tasks well.

There is time enough for everything, in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once; but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time.

I'm not a particularly disciplined person in terms of my work habits.

The biggest challenge is to stay focused. It's to have the discipline when there are so many competing things.

When I was in my 20s, I learned not only how to work hard but about the importance of focus.

I like to be organized, I like to stick to my schedule. That's how I stay focused.

If you don't create structure, your time will get eaten up pretty quickly. And the alternative is harsher than you think, because the world will suck it up.

Your life is too important to give it to distractions.

If you don't have discipline, you don't have anything

The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.

You have to be able to do a bunch of things at once, and not think about things you're not doing while you're doing other things. You have to be disciplined about not trying to do everything, all at the same time. It's hard and fun.

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

I mean time management is a big factor in my life. I'm a very organized person. You can only do one thing at a time, so that's the main way I do everything. When I'm with my kids, I'm with my kids. When I'm directing a movie, I'm directing a movie. When I'm making Magic Mike, I'm making Magic Mike. So you just really have to fragment and focus.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

I just have to be very, very organised.