Arnold Palmer Quotes

Concentration is at the root of mental mastery.

The more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.

In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.

No more than a surgeon can operate while tweeting can you reach your potential with one ear in, one ear out. You actually have to reacquaint yourself with concentration. We all do.

Focusing isn't just an optical activity, it is also a mental one.

Most important was to remain focused and always have presence of mind.

I just try to concentrate on concentrating.

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.

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.

Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.

You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it.

One of the secrets of a successful life is to be able to hold all of our energies upon one point, to focus all of the scattered rays of the mind upon one place or thing.

I won't deny that I have a far more productive writing life without the Internet, mostly because I rekindle my ability to concentrate on one thing for a period of longer than three minutes. My curiosity is channeled inward rather than Internet-ward.

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

We know even from ordinary life that we have to achieve a sufficient degree of attentiveness if we want to concentrate on an inner picture or an object of some kind; we must also have it in our power, though, to turn our soul away from something we have been concentrating on.

If you are humble, your concentration will be very high. That's the way to go in sports.

It is all about concentration, and the more games you play, the more you concentrate.

When I am performing ice immersion, actually I do not think very much. It is all before.

To learn to concentrate we must choose a prayer or meditation and follow this path with commitment and steadiness, a willingness to work with our practice day after day, no matter what arises.

Whatever you are doing, put your whole mind on it. If you are shooting, your mind should be only on the target. Then you will never miss. If you are learning your lessons, think only of the lesson. In India boys and girls are taught to do this.

The whole point is to discipline the mind.

The only secret I can claim to have is concentration, and that's something that can't be taught.

My mind is constantly in five different places, but golf is great because it forces you to focus completely and purely on what you're doing.

You have to concentrate on the swing.

The more the capacity to concentrate is developed, the more often the profound tranquility in work is achieved, then the clearer will be the manifestation of discipline within the child.