“But if you're coming off ACL surgery, you don't need to be having a press conference at OTAs. Every week? Really? It becomes a circus, a sideshow. It takes away from the focus of what those sessions are supposed to be about: the team.” IfsNeedsFocusWeekTeamPressesSupposed To BeSurgeryConferencesSessionCircusPress ConferencesSideshows Author:Donovan McNabb
“Elegant in its simplicity and practicality, Lee has distilled many powerful leadership strategies into the lessons many of us learned as children. They are no less relevant to our working lives. At its core, Creating Magic is a collection of stories that reminds us to demonstrate care and respect for every member of the team and to focus our efforts not our ourselves but on the people we lead.” PeopleChildrenStoriesCarePowerfulEffortFocusMagicTeamLessonsMembersCreatingStrategySimplicityCoreCollectionsRelevantElegantPracticalityWorking Life Author:George Bodenheimer
“Analysts say Obama's new immigration plan will focus on deporting violent criminals. So, this could impact your fantasy football team.” FantasyFocusPlansTeamFootballImpactCriminalsViolentImmigrationFootball TeamAnalystsViolent CriminalsFantasy Football Author:Conan O'Brien
“We had more great times than bad times together, but they've moved on, I've moved on. I have a new team now and I have a new focus.” TogetherFocusTeamBasketballMovedGreat TimesBad TimesMoved OnTime TogetherLakersI've Moved On Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Tim Thomas is about excuses. It's always somebody else's fault. He said I was jealous? He should thank me for helping him get that contract. He said I didn't show? They traded me, they traded Ray, they traded Big Dog [Robinson] and Tim Thomas still wasn't the man on that team. Michael Redd became the man there. I think I'm doing quite well for myself here. Right now, he needs to focus on his game. Right now, he's not a good basketball player. And I like Tim Thomas. He just has too many damn excuses.” ThinkingMenNeedsShouldWellsSaidStillsHelpingShowsBigsGamesFocusPlayerTeamDogHe ManRight NowBasketballFaultsExcuseDamnContractsJealousRaysBasketball PlayerGood Basketball Author:Sam Cassell
“I think people have put too much focus on me. I don't think they realize the other weapons we have on this team. I don't think they realize the great offensive line that we have.” PeopleThinkingRealizingLinesToo MuchFocusTeamWeaponsNflOffensiveOffensive LineFocus On Me Author:Colin Kaepernick
“Well this week's all about Seattle, so we've been doing our best to prepare for the Seahawks. I'm doing that, our team's doing that and we'll be ready to go Sunday. That's our focus.” WellsFocusWeekTeamReadyNflSundaySuper BowlSeattle Author:Bill Belichick
“In terms of professionally what I want to do, I want to play 15-plus more years, get to the Hall of Fame, and win a lot of championships and all that. I'd love to be the owner of a team one day. But it's way bigger than that. For me, my vision is how can I affect somebody positively every day? When you focus on other people, somehow good things happen to you. I think that's my goal. That's my vision.” PeopleThinkingWayWantYearsPlayHappensWinningGoalTermVisionFocusTeamOne DayFameBiggerGood ThingsThings HappenNflOwnersPlusHallsChampionshipPositivelySuper BowlHall Of Fame Author:Russell Wilson
“Consider developing your whole self with the same raw focus and intensity that you develop a particular skill set. Get focused. Go out, have adventures. Run, jump, skin your knee, fall in love, root loudly for the away team at a baseball game, barely escape a crash of stampeding rhinos, live to see another day. Experience things big and small. Go for a walk. The world is full of wonders.” WorldLoveSelfWholeBigsRunningFallGamesWalksWonderFocusTeamParticularAdventureSelf LoveWalkingSkillsRootsSkinsExperienceBaseballFalling In LoveFocusedDevelopingKneesIntensityCrashAnother DayBaseball GamesLive LoveRhinos Author:Anthony Holden
“Get the best player because whether it's soccer or whether it's anything else the team with the best players wins. So focus your energy on getting the best and getting rid of the weakest.” WinningEnergyFocusPlayerTeamSoccerBest Players Author:Jack Welch
“If you play football, theres going to be a 100 percent injury rate. Something is going to be bothering you. So I just try to focus on the things that I can do to help my team.” IfsTryingI CanPlayHelpingCan DoFocusTeamFootballPercentRateBotherInjuryBothering You Author:Larry Fitzgerald
“I'm sure there have been guys who didn't realize they had a concussion and just kept playing. It's a violent game. The head injuries are the most dangerous to play with. We're trained to play no matter what. If you can run, and you're able to focus and know your responsibilities, you're usually out there playing. You wouldn't have enough players if no one played hurt. Especially if you're, like, on special teams, you're going to do everything you can to stay in the game.” IfsKnowsHas BeensMatterEnoughPlayRunningAbleGuyGamesRealizingHurtResponsibilityFocusPlayerTeamSpecialDangerousNo Matter WhatViolentNflInjuryWhat IfConcussionsHead InjuriesSpecial Teams Author:Mike Brown
“We need to start acting like a team, focus on winning and not worry about all of the other stuff that goes on. We lost our focus last year. We worried about who was being hired, who was being fired. That's got to change. We don't need any more finger pointing. We need to act like a team.” NeedsYearsLastsWinningLostStuffActingWorryFocusTeamGoes OnFingersWorriedLast YearPointingPointing Fingers Author:Albert Belle
“But after about a year praying, there was just this clear direction. The leadership team believed that God was leading us to focus on fatherhood. If God is leading, then God will provide. So we begin to get storyline ideas that lined up with the subject of fatherhood that we're working on and fitting, and we were thinking, okay this is good. At the same time, as we are studying scriptures and we're on our journey as fathers, we are learning about fatherhood every day.” IfsThinkingYearsIdeasFatherStudyClearFocusJourneyTeamSubjectsPrayingOkayScriptureGods WillFatherhoodFittingStorylineGod Will ProvideClear Direction Author:Stephen Kendrick
“Good teams focus on the task at hand. They don't care what's happened the last 13 days, they worry about today and they worry about getting better. That's what good teams do.” HandsCareTodayLastsWorryFocusHappenedTeamTasksDon't CareGet BetterGood TeamTask At Hand Author:Mike Zimmer
“Records must not be the focus and that's the most important thing. It mustn't come at the cost of the team.” ImportantRecordsFocusTeamCostImportant Things Author:Garfield Sobers
“You've got to be committed. It comes down to setting yourself goals as an individual. In rugby you have team goals that you strive for, but you also set yourself simple goals that are achievable. It helps to write them down so you understand what you need to do, and what your focus is. Put them on your wall, then each time you wake up, you'll see them. Then you can just tick them off once you've achieved them.” NeedsWritingHelpingIndividualGoalSimpleFocusTeamWallWake UpStriveCommittedSettingSettingsRugbyTickTeam GoalYour Wall Author:Filo Tiatia
“With the initial focus groups and the initial look-sees, the Rams are a very popular team in Southern California. And so one of the reasons that it was attractive to us to work against them is because they have that good flavor.” LooksReasonFocusGroupsTeamCaliforniaAttractiveSouthernFlavorInitialsVery PopularRamsSouthern CaliforniaFocus Groups Author:Jerry Jones
“I have a great team. A lot of my focus every day is with my television and film career, directing and producing, and I guess you can say that my moonlighting gig is Tropfest. Obviously, when I am not working I am in the Tropfest office full-time.” FilmCareersFocusTeamTelevisionOfficeGigsGreat Team Author:John Polson
“Great motivators are visible at the front and lead by their actions. Hiding in your office or mysteriously traveling all the time on unknown missions are sure ways to cause the focus of your team to disperse.” WayActionCausesFocusTeamFrontsOfficeMissionsVisibleHiding Author:Martin Zwilling
“Love takes time. It's a process not a goal. Love is something that needs to be nurtured. But if there is one thing I urge you to start immediately it's focus on bringing out the best in each person on your team. When you love someone you want the best for him. You want him to shine. And the best way to do this is to help him discover the value inside him.” IfsWayWantNeedsPersonsHelpingValuesProcessGoalLove IsFocusOne ThingTeamShiningBest WayUrgesTake TimeLove SomeoneWant HimWhen You Love SomeoneBringing Out The BestLove Takes Time Author:Jon Gordon
“Great leaders focus on equipping their team. It is unfair to expect what you did not equip.” LeaderFocusTeamUnfairGreat Leader Author:Chris Hogan
“An information operations team was sent to Afghanistan to conduct various psychological operations on the Afghans and Taliban. The team was then asked not to focus on the Taliban but on manipulating senators into giving more funds and troops [to the war].” GivingWarFocusTeamInformationVariousPsychologicalOperationsFundAfghanistanTroopsSenatorsTaliban Author:Michael Hastings
“Playing for England was a massive honour and when I was in the team, that was all I wanted to focus on.” WantedFocusTeamEnglandMassiveHonour Author:Mike Tindall
“The fact of the matter is: when you're doing a project, you try to make it better every moment. And a lot of people get frustrated. But I surrounded myself with a good team of people and I'm really proud of the work we've all done. All I can say is - I've learned this in my business - don't let the process frustrate you; focus on the end. Because the end is pretty wonderful. Just fight it out.” PeopleTryingI CanEndsMatterDoneMomentsFactsFightingProcessFocusWonderfulTeamProudProjectsI've LearnedFrustratedGood Team Author:Jon Taffer
“I have adrenaline going and then focus on what I have to do and do it well. I know we'll have a good chance to win the match that way. I don't concern myself with the other team.” KnowsWayWellsWinningChanceFocusTeamConcernAdrenalineGood Chance Author:Karch Kiraly
“We've been cooperative with the NFL investigation. We'll continue to do so and we will turn all our attention and focus on to the Seattle Seahawks, a very well coached, talented, tough, competitive football team.” WellsTurnsAttentionFocusTeamFootballToughNflInvestigationSeattleFootball TeamCooperatives Author:Bill Belichick
“I never ask Candace Parker if she was thinking about leaving because I never had any reason to believe she would. I just kept the focus on the team and on Candace and the role she played for us.” IfsThinkingBelieveReasonAsksRolesFocusTeamLeaving Author:Pat Summitt