Sean Longstaff Quotes

I tune everything out.

I'm very good at blocking out noise.

I get in that zone, even if I'm relaxing or whatever, where I just zone out. I don't even hear anybody. You could ask me a question five times, and I don't even hear it.

Do not allow things to intrude from outside.

Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.

When I walk through that gate to the court, that's my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.

I'm noise-sensitive. It's always better for me if things are quiet, so I can concentrate.

I'm much calmer when there's no TV or music playing in the background.

If you're thinking clearly and are content about where your life is - to where you can just think about the present, think about the now - that's what you need to do to hit good golf shots. I know there are a lot of distractions, but when you're thinking clearly, you're more free. You've got to have that freedom on the golf course.

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.

I don't like to listen to music while I'm working.

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.

I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.

It's time to focus on what I care about and not let the noise take over my brain.

Before I found my peace, I was way too much in my head. I found myself on the field in my own thoughts. I've learned that there's a time and a place for my thoughts. The most important thing when I'm on the field is to just be in the moment and let it all go.

We lock ourselves away and we concentrate on what we're doing and try not to think about the madness that's surrounding it, and all the hype.

I write in public libraries and sometimes coffee shops. I can't write at home and gave up trying long ago. I need activity around me that I'm forced to block out. It helps me focus.

I stay in my little bubble - that is what I try and do. There is always noise out there and distractions, but you just have to block all that noise out.

No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide.

No distractions. Center yourself. This is your time.

Be true to the thought of the moment and avoid distraction. Other than continuing to exert yourself, enter into nothing else, but go to the extent of living single thought by single thought.

I think there's too much mult-tasking going on. I think people need to quiet down and focus and be still more.

Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises from concentration.

Concentration is that ability to not think about anything.

Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions.