F. Gary Gray Quotes

Determination becomes obsession and then it becomes all that matters.

I can be horrifically single-minded.

Plow through the weeds. Go to the auditions and go to the meetings and be on time. Stop looking to the left or the right. Keep your head down and keep moving.

I'm in lockdown mode as far as what I want to accomplish. I don't let anything else get in my way.

When I'm working, I'm obsessively working.

I'm always focused.

I'm very big on focus.

When I'm working, I'm working and I'm focused on that day's work.

You need to have laser focus on doing your job.

As a child I could lie in bed and do absolutely nothing for hours but once I decided to do something, big or small, I could not stop until it had been completed.

I'm very wholehearted. I want to concentrate on one thing in my life at one time.

My message is always very, very clear: I'm very concentrated on the game.

When my entire focus is on training and just preparing... I just do 100-percent that and nothing else.

I don't really miss anything, I'm so focussed on what I have to do - I'm so focussed on my work - that I don't miss any creature comforts.

I can focus on just one thing - that's basketball.

You have to be focused all the time.

If you give yourself to your task at once, you won't have to do it twice.

I like to work all the time and really immerse myself in the project.

I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.

You can have fun, but when it is time to work, work hard and be focused.

I can handle a lot of work. I've always been able to. I'm a very focused individual. I come to my studio at about 7:30 in the morning and exit almost 5:00 P.M. In that time, those eight or nine hours, it's kind of laser focus on whatever I'm working on. There aren't really any distractions or anything.

I'm not concentrated or concerned with any other factors rather than just being able to do the best job that I can.

I am very driven. I work really hard, whether it's acting or my charity or even poker. When I focus on something I give it my all.

I'm not great at multi-tasking, so when I do one thing... I like to do it 100%.

The lesson I learned is that sometimes the task you have at hand needs all of your concentration and focus.