Will Smith Quotes

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.

The best piece of advice that my mother gave me is to never have a plan B. She told me to stick to plan A because if you have a plan B you will inevitably fall back on it.

If you love something, you have to stay really focused and can't let outside things distract you.

I think I do a pretty good job of not letting things distract me from what I want to do and what I want to accomplish as a football player.

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

I believe when you have your hands on four or five pots at once, you can never have a firm grip on one pot. My one pot is being a boxer.

I can focus on just one thing - that's basketball.

One thing at a time, is my motto - and just play that thing for all it is worth, even if it's only tto pair and a jack.

We cannot and we must not allow ourselves to get distracted from our sacred duty. We cannot and we must not lose focus on the things that matter most.

I try very much, whenever I do projects, whatever it is, there's only one thing on my mind, only one thing.

You've got to stick at a thing, a particular thing, until you succeed. I feel that's the only way to succeed - by concentrating on something in particular. Once you know what you've got to do you will succeed, you will succeed.

Great entrepreneurs focus intensely on an opportunity where others see nothing. This focus and intensity helps to eliminate wasted effort and distractions. Most companies die from indigestion rather than starvation, i.e., companies suffer from doing too many things at the same time rather than doing too few things very well.

When you're riding, only the race in which you're riding is important.

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

I decided to do the maximum to hold onto the lead for as long as possible. That is why I pushed so hard from the beginning. I was at 100 percent concentration.

For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.

Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don't look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure.

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

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.

I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.

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've always said, 'I didn't have a Plan B in life.' I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning. It's all about desire and passion. At all costs.

Success demands singleness of purpose.

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.

My greatest asset now is my focus.