Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes

You must be single minded. Drive for the one thing on which you have decided.

Success demands singleness of purpose.

When there's something I need to focus on, I'm like a dog with a bone.

Fixedness of purpose is the root of all successful efforts.

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.

A man who keeps on going; a man who keeps his eye on the ball.

When a man gets it into his head to do something, and when he exclusively occupies himself in that design, he must succeed, whatever the difficulties. That man will become Grand Vizier or Pope.

Single-mindedness. I hate to say it because I don't think it's the best thing for developing a person, but the single-mindedness - just concentrating in the one area - that's what it takes to be a champion.

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

You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.

Set out with some definite purpose in life and accomplish that purpose. There is little that the human mind can conceive that is not possible of accomplishment. The thing to do is to make up your mind what you are going to drive for, and let nothing stand in the way of its ultimate accomplishment.

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.

I'll do whatever it takes to win.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

I was so focused and so driven, there was this fire inside of me that was burning so brightly.

Without obsession, life is nothing.

The key to all things is determination.

I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.

Those who know me well know how much I am determined to reach my goals. I really want to get it done and I want to achieve my goals in everything I do.

The one mindset I have is this title - title or bust.

I will not retreat; I will find the strength to reach my goal.

If there's a goal, you can't stop me. I'll put my head down. I'll have tunnel vision and I'll go until I get it.

I think commitment is inextricably linked with success, and rightly or wrongly, people with a fierce commitment to their goals - the Kanyes of this world - are really entertaining.

When a person sets out to achieve something, one doesn't rest until the goal is achieved.

You just have to set a goal and go for it.