Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

I want to do one thing and do it well.

I just try to do the best job I can with what I'm given. My main focus is the work and not the glamour.

Focus on one thing and do one thing well.

He who is wise puts aside all claims which may dissipate his attention, and confining himself to one branch excels in that.

Often, people are afraid to be good at more than one thing.

I like to do the simple things really well, keep the ball ticking.

People sometimes think that if someone plays basketball, they have to do that one thing they're great at. But I like being able to show that you can do more than one thing and do it at a high level.

The better the competition is, the more skilled guys are, the more fundamental you have to be.

You've got to have a commitment to your craft.

I don't like talking about climbing that much. You don't have to discuss; just do it.

I work very hard at my game.

I would rather do two things really, really, really well than do 16 things and have 14 of them fail.

There's not enough said about the beauty of being able to focus on what you do well.

I really don't use that much stuff. I think it's good to know a few pieces of equipment very well, rather than learn new ones every time. I think it distracts from the writing process.

I'm not interested in being known for anything other than the work.

I cannot do a better job than a journalist. I cannot do a better job than politicians - what I can do is play my football.

If you're studying for an exam you're not thinking about the results. If you're always worried about the results, you can't study a lot. So to be engaged and detached from the outcome is excellent. Excellence is behavior. I mean, isn't that what martial arts is about? And that's what meditation is about, that's what, in many ways, sports are about.

Better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.

There are two kinds of people who do martial arts: those who practice a thousand different kicks one time each, and those who practice one kick a thousand times minimum. You can guess which group I belong to.

It's important to focus on what we do best and master one craft at a time.

I stay glued to my piano and my work. I don't look up. I write, I produce, I do the next project, I do my job. I don't look up, and I try to be kind. I try to be kind to people. That's what I do.

By different methods different men excel, but where is he who can do all things well?

In your training, do not be in a hurry, for it takes a minimum of ten years to master the basics and advance to the first rung. Never think of yourself as an all-knowing, perfected master; you must continue to train daily with your friends and students and progress together in the Art of Peace.

Winners don't just learn the fundamentals, they master them. You have to monitor your fundamentals constantly because the only thing that changes will be your attention to them.