Jimmy Iovine Quotes

I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon as I see the targets, I tune them out.

On the day I'm performing, I don't hear anything anyone says to me.

I cannot control what goes on in another lane and this is how I focus on the Games. There is no point in being nervous of other swimmers. It's just about focusing on yourself and what you need to do in order to perform at your best.

I never read my press when I was competing. I never got caught up in what I was doing at that moment.

I'm really so singular, I am only able to work on one thing at a time. I really am.

Competition is an easy way to get into flow.

It's a personality trait: from the very beginning, I knew what I was concentrating on. I'm only doing the kernel - I always found everything around it to be completely boring.

The successful golfers - they're like astronauts or pilots. They have that demeanor that they can focus and stay within that one moment and nothing distracts them. That's not me.

A lot of times when I ran, to be honest, I didn't know where I was in the race. So I always was looking up at the scoreboard to say, 'Just call my name to see where I am,' because I tried to have such tunnel vision not to distract myself.

When I get on the World Cup tour, I'm kind of disconnected from the world. I just kind of get wrapped up in my world and wrapped up in trying to ski fast every day, and I forget about everything else.

If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

The only thing I want to think about the moments before a race is competing. I don't want the little things to distract me.

I can't worry about techs. I've got to play my game.

Sometimes you fixate on something so much that everything else fades away.

I was so locked in. At one point I remember thinking, I'm not going to be a father, boyfriend, friend, whatever. I'm here to play.

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

Keeping my focus on what's important - inside the Octagon and out - is never lost on me.

There is only one thing I want to do here, and that is play football to the best of my ability. If I let things start distracting me, I'm not going to be able to do that, which will jeopardise the team as well.

No excuses. Play like a champion.

I realize that just my personality is, that I've gotta stay focused. I can't be too distracted.

I'm someone who always comes on the court no matter what's going on in my life. It's all about basketball and my teammates and my team. I don't let any distractions in, and I bring my best every night, regardless of what's going on or what people are talking about.

My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important.

You rewind. You think of your preparation. You think of everything you did throughout the week, your life, the practices, the intensity. Everything flashes, and you come right back to that point. And it's like, game on.

I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much.