Errol Spence Jr. Quotes

I used to have tears in my eyes on the way to practice because I was so focused. For me, track and field was serious business. I didn't have any friends. I was very isolated and very focused.

When I read about Joyce, I realised that there was no eight-till-one in his life: it was 24 hours a day for him.

Only thing I care about, the only thing I think about is the fight in front of me.

I never care about my opponents, especially now - I care about 'Gamebred' and 'Gamebred' is only going for the off button.

If I get into a game, I'm going to win. There's no backing off.

Singlemindedness is all-powerful.

There is nobody in the world that you can't get if you really concentrate on it, if you really want them. You've got to want it to the exclusion of everything else.

Never take your eyes off your opponent. And never think you don’t have to work for a victory. Even now, you could surprise me. (Takeshi)

I can be horrifically single-minded.

Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play. And if you put all the plays together like that, then you'll come out on top.

Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.

Trust me, my runners aren't going to run one event while looking past it to the second event. When they get on the line for the 10K, that's a do-or-die situation for them.

I have yet to meet anyone quite so stubborn as myself and animated by this overpowering passion that leaves me no time for thought or anything else. I have, in fact, no interest in life outside racing cars.

I was only interested in scoring goals. I wasn't interested in anything else.

I always train and prepare with highest concentration and focus on my next opponent. To me, it does not matter what his name is.

I'm woefully one-track-minded.

The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.

If there's a best, I want to fight them.

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.

My focus is basketball, and that's it.

There's also a sense of freedom. I was so obsessed by this problem that I was thinking about if all the time - when I woke up in the morning, when I went to sleep at night, and that went on for eight years.

My goal is always the same: to keep the other player from ever scoring a point. That doesn't always happen, but that's what I try for.

Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.

I try not to think about the person, just their tactics, their weaknesses and strengths. I play against the ball.

When I am on court, I am so focused on what I am doing, that's all I think about - trying to win the next point.