Lloyd Dorfman Quotes

If you cannot concentrate, you are not so happy.

The mind is crazy thing. To be focused is the most difficult thing.

All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate.

Concentration may be my weak point.

Most people would focus on concentrating more, and I can't do that. It almost makes me overthink a lot of my things. I have to focus on not thinking.

I'm the type of skater that needs to stay upbeat and relaxed, open, because if I stay quiet, I get in my head, and then I start to think too much and start to doubt.

My concentration span is truly that of a gnat. Some people have this ladder, and that's all there is - the ladder. I have the ladder, too, but there's a building around it with scaffolding, and lots of windows for me to peek into. Then suddenly I'll remember, 'Oh, there's the ladder. I should be concentrating on that.'

Brain studies of mental workouts in which you sustain a single, chosen focus show that the more you detach from what's distracting you and refocus on what you should be paying attention to, the stronger this brain circuitry becomes.

How can you think and hit at the same time?

Golf is 90% mental. Once you know how to hold the club, swing it, it's all in the mind.

The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.

I sometimes got distracted easily and allowed my mind to wander when I needed to be focused. It's quite subtle, really, and just being aware of it helps.

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.

When I model I pretty much go blank. You can't think too much or it doesn't work.

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

I know how to prepare my head.

I'm not very good at multi-tasking. Most people aren't, but they think they are. The mind is really better when you're really focused on one thing.

Your mind simply can't focus forward and downward all at the same time.

Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying.

If you know you're going to be outside, you have to be a little bit more in tune, so that you don't get distracted by what's going on and focus better.

Golf is played between the ears and if you are not 100 percent focused on what you are trying to do, then people will go past you no matter who you are.

It's such a psychological and mental game, golf, that the smallest wrong thing at the wrong time can distract you from what you're trying to achieve.

Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference.

The age in which we live, this non-stop distraction, is making it more impossible for the young generation to ever have the curiosity or discipline... because you need to be alone to find out anything.

Players perform best when their minds are clear.