Linus Torvalds Quotes

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

I'm really so singular, I am only able to work on one thing at a time. I really am.

It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality.

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

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

I just kind of do my thing with sort of tunnel vision for the story and my role and how it fits together.

Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing.

If I'm doing a scene that requires a lot of focus, I'll just take myself away and do what I have to do.

I want to concentrate on work and won't do anything to divert my concentration.

You need to have laser focus on doing your job.

For most of my 20s I felt the need to focus solely on my goals and let nothing distract me.

You have to focus on your job, and if you focus on your job, you block everything out.

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.

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.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

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

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

My job is my sport so I have to make sure that I stay focussed on it. I train almost every day so it takes up a lot of my life and you don't want to bring any new distractions into your life.

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 want to do one thing and do it well.

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

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

Usually I'm pretty myopic. It's hard for me to multi-task, so to speak. If I'm in a show and I'm creating a character, I'm just completely into that. It's really hard for me to do anything else like write music. I have to sort of shut down different sides of my head and just focus.

I'm always focused.