Ignoring Distractions Quotes

If I am going up a ladder, and a dog begins to bite at my ankles, I can do one of two things - either turn round and kick out at the it, or simply go on up the ladder. I prefer to go up the ladder!

You've got to make sure you're listening to the people that are important to listen to. And then everything else, you kind of have to tune out and do your thing.

Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.

I raised you to be a thoroughbred. When thoroughbreds run, they wear blinders to keep their eyes focused straight ahead with no distractions, no other horses. They hear the crowd, but they don’t listen. They just run their own race. That’s what you have to do. Don’t listen to anyone comparing you to me or to anyone else. You just run your own race.

If I stop to kick every barking dog I am not going to get where I'm going.

I'm living my dream, and that's all you can ask for. At a certain point you have to ignore all the rest.

Hear only the things you should hear - be deaf to others.

If you're a baseball player and you're on the mound, you don't ever want to look up in the stands if somebody is yelling at you, because they know they've got you. You just keep your head down, keep moving along. Of course it annoys you, but you don't ever show that it annoys you. Just go ahead, move on, and keep on playing.

I always appreciate people's opinions, but sometimes I have to take a step back and remember why I'm writing and what I want to do with it. Shutting out the voices is difficult but it's been good for me.

When I perform, I don’t think about the haters, the Internet trolls, or anyone else. I care about giving the person in front of me something they won’t forget. And that’s why I bring the cake and raft out.

I think I've ignored it so much so that when the paparazzi are following me I really don't see them. You don't see them anymore.

The art of ignoring is one of the accomplishments of every well-bred girl, so carefully instilled that at last she can even ignore her own thoughts and her own knowledge.

For me, it seems to help me take the pressure off if I don't pay attention to what other people are telling me.

Fans were booing me at one point. I just kept working, that's the main thing. I'm not going to let that deteriorate my game.

That's how I was taught. That's how I was raised, to ignore the stupidity, continue on and do what I need to do.

Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not.

And in a world where we have too many choices and too little time, the obvious thing to do is just ignore stuff. And my parable here is, you're driving down the road and you see a cow, and you keep driving 'cause you've seen cows before. Cows are invisible. Cows are boring. Who's going to stop and pull over and say, oh, look, a cow? Nobody.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Being able to put your blinders on, ignore negative opinions, and follow your strong intuition is what's validating to me. It's a great feeling to know you can trust your gut.

When I was younger I used to read everything. 'Why is this guy saying this, why is this article saying this.' That's one of the things Coach Saban has taught me, he does not listen or read anything that's out there at all. He says 'why am I going to waste my time?'

I do everything with a purpose, and I don't really pay attention to the negativity.

Sometimes it's other people's voices you have to shut out.

Dogs bark and the caravan goes by.

Let the dog bark; the moon shall beam on.