“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
“If you have to end up in the hospital, try to focus all your pain in your heart rather than your head.” IfsTryingHeartEndsPainFocusHospitals Author:Miriam Toews
“I try to focus on the melodies and try to make everything else minimal. The melody and the lyrics are most important to me.” TryingImportantFocusMelody Author:Sharon Van Etten
“People are trying to grab every part of you, so it's really hard to focus.” PeopleTryingHardFocus Author:Yani Tseng
“Actors are inherently self-centered. We're trained to focus on who I am. What do I want? Who is in my way? How do I get this? That's how we're trained. Unfortunately, that sometimes spills over into real life. But it's all very subjective. You just try to portray someone beyond the surface, the different layers.” WayWantTryingDifferentRealSelfSometimesActorsFocusSurfaceReal LifeWho I AmMy WayLayersSubjectiveSelf CenteredSpills Author:Bryan Cranston
“Many Christians expend so much energy and worry trying not to sin. The goal is not to try to sin less. In all your efforts to keep from sinning, what are you focusing on? Sin. God wants you to focus on him. To be with him. “Abide in me.” Just relax and learn to enjoy his presence. Every day is a collection of moments, 86,400 seconds in a day. How many of them can you live with God? Start where you are and grow from there. God wants to be with you every moment.” WantTryingMomentsChristianEnergyGrowsEnjoyGoalSinEffortWorryFocusCollectionsRelaxWhere You AreSecondsSinningWant To Be With You Author:John Ortberg
“Take a moment each day to focus on the good, and then try to carry that with you throughout the day, because while bangs don't look good on everyone, confidence does.” TryingLooksDoeMomentsFocusEach DayBangs Author:Lauren Conrad
“Don't worry about this world; it is not broken. And don't worry about others. You worry more about them than they do. There are people waging war; there are people on the battlefield who are more alive than they've ever been before. Don't try to protect people from life; just let them have their experience while you focus upon your own experience.” PeopleWorldTryingWarWorryFocusAliveThis WorldTrustBrokenProtectBattlefieldsWaging War Author:Esther Hicks
“What I love to tell young kids is ultimately let your dreams evolve around your opportunities. You have to focus on always learning. It's cliche, but the reality of it is that if you take action and try and fail you're gonna learn a lot by the time you try it again, and you'll build a foundation of experience that's gonna be ultimately the rock that allows you to find success or follow your dreams.” IfsTryingDreamRealityKidsActionYoungOpportunityFocusFailingRocksFoundationEvolveYour DreamsFollow Your DreamsClicheAlways Learning Author:Rob Dyrdek
“I try not to think about my public life. I focus on my private life, and that's just the best way to live.” ThinkingWayTryingFocusBest WayPrivate LifePublic LifeWay To Live Author:Angelina Jolie
“The main focus for me is not trying to find duet partners. It's about just making great songs. I want most of my album to be in my voice, because it's my point of view.” WantTryingSongVoiceViewsFocusAlbumsPoint Of ViewPartnersDuets Author:John Legend
“When I vote for a candidate I always try to learn as much as I can about them, but I guess I focus a lot on environmental issues, and I tend to vote along those lines.” TryingI CanLinesIssuesFocusVoteEnvironmentalCandidatesEnvironmental Issues Author:Jack Johnson
“Every now and then I will play; I try to focus on charitable work. I might do it because it's an offer I can't refuse, so I rally and try to stay in shape and keep myself active.” TryingI CanPlayMightFocusOffersShapesRefuseActiveNow And ThenCharitableCharitable Work Author:Andre Agassi
“I try to focus less on the actual items and more on the way they make me feel. I like color around my face because it does something to me emotionally. I don't like to wear black because it brings me down.” WayFeelsTryingDoeFacesBlackFocusColorItemsBring Me Down Author:Nicole Richie
“I don't know much about the music business, but for just general advice for someone trying to create things, as simple as this sounds, I think the best thing you can do is constantly try to improve upon your work. Always focus on that first and foremost, and leave everything else (marketing, image) completely secondary. Obviously, easier said than done when you're trying to make a living, but if you can move along those lines and earnestly try to make things that you really enjoy it can only benefit you in the long run.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingFirstsLongSaidDoneRunningMovingEnjoySoundCan DoLinesSimpleFocusAdviceEasierBenefitsMarketingBest ThingsLong RunsMusic BusinessEasier Said Than Done Author:Joe Rogan
“Every day is a lesson in focus for me, and not buying into the world's concept of what you have to be. I really try every day to be individual and not just in my style or my look or my music, but in my approach to life.” WorldTryingLooksIndividualFocusStyleLessonsApproachConceptsBuying Author:Lauryn Hill
“I'm not going to waste my energy looking into the eyes of someone like the guy who blew my legs off trying to find a way to forgive him for doing something that horrible when there are way more productive ways I could be spending my life. You've got to focus on moving on.” WayTryingEyeMovingGuyEnergyFocusWasteForgivingLegsSpendingHorribleProductive Author:Augusten Burroughs
“I get to focus on something I love to do 24-hours a day rather than trying to squeeze it in between midterms, or even during my normal workday. When I was at Google it was like you wake up at 7 and then you get home by 7 and you start your second job of music. So now I get to focus all my efforts on music, travel and play shows and do all of this stuff. That's the difference - That's all my life is, all day.” TryingPlayShowsHomeJobsLife IsStuffHoursDifferencesEffortFocusLike YouNormalWake UpGoogleMidterms Author:Hoodie Allen
“Our dreams can teach us, instruct us, confuse us... sometimes I think they look to be considered. And in terms of like, they are an opportunity and I think they most certainly could be utilized to focus, to try and achieve - whether it's looking for someone, or influencing us, or inspiring us.” ThinkingTryingLooksSometimesDreamOpportunityTermTeachFocusInfluenceAchieveOur Dreams Author:Keanu Reeves
“If you are gonna live your life, just try to not be crazy, have fun but have some focus and some purpose and try to know what that is. If you don't know now, try to figure it out.” IfsKnowsTryingPurposeFunFocusCrazyFiguresHaving FunLive Your LifeBeing Crazy Author:Joan Jett
“I'm happy with what I'm doing. I try not to focus on how I've changed. I just try to focus on what I'm doing now.” TryingFocusChangedI've Changed Author:Bo Burnham
“When I started using the extreme short depth of field and single point of focus, I was trying to replicate my changing eyesight. We have binocular vision; one eye perceives space from the other. I don't experience a scene visually at F32. It's more like F1.4.” TryingEyeSpaceVisionFocusFieldsScenePhotographyDepthExtremesPerceiveReplicateEyesightDepth Of Field Author:Keith Carter
“I think what I am always trying to do is make clothes for every girl to wear, to make things that you are going to accessorize from day to night. I am really trying to focus on casualwear - making your basic sweatpants cool, trendy, and funky.” ThinkingTryingNightGirlFocusClothesAlways TryingEvery GirlTrendyFunkySweatpants Author:Whitney Port
“I know musicians who think that drumming and guitaring can be very meditative, but singing is different because when you think about things, you put words to them. So I try to just stay present most of the time, I try not to let my mind wander and I also try not to clear my mind. I like to still have thought and be aware of people and whatever that's happening, but I also like to just focus on the words that I'm saying.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingMindStillsDifferentClearFocusMusicianSingingHappeningsWanderDrumming Author:Brett Dennen
“When I got hit I went from having 37-year-old eyes to having 65-year-old eyes. That's why I've got the glasses on - so my eye isn't constantly trying to focus and giving me headaches. But they also help me see better: my right eye is blurry.” GivingTryingYearsHelpingEyeFocusGlassesHelp MeHeadacheBlurryOld Eyes Author:Chris Pronger
“We know there are a lot of good secondaries out there. We are just trying to focus on what we can do to get better. We've got some new, young guys coming in and we are trying to catch them up to speed. We are trying to make sure that we have depth, making sure the guys behind us know what is going on. We are going to keep pushing each other to raise the standard for our secondary.” KnowsTryingYoungGuyCan DoBehindsFocusStandardsRaisesDepthSpeedGet BetterPushingYoung GuysPushing Each Other Author:Eric Berry
“I'm my own worst critic, so I try and not focus on what I've done wrong, or what I could improve on.” TryingDoneMy OwnFocusWorstCritics Author:Mandy Moore
“Nothing helps us build our perspective more than developing compassion for others. Compassion is a sympathetic feeling. It involves the willingness to put yourself in someone else's shoes, to take the focus off yourself and to imagine what it's like to be in someone else's predicament, and simultaneously, to feel love for that person. It's the recognition that other people's problems, their pain and frustrations, are every bit as real as our own-often far worse. In recognizing this fact and trying to offer some assistance, we open our own hearts and greatly enhance our sense of gratitude.” PeopleFeelsTryingHeartPersonsRealFactsHelpingFeelingsProblemPainBitsCompassionFocusImaginePerspectiveGratitudeOffersShoesRecognitionDevelopingFrustrationWillingnessAssistanceRecognizingSympatheticPredicamentsCompassion For OthersOther People's Problems Book:Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Source: Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
“The gospel is unintelligible to most people today, especially in the West, because their own particular stories are remote from the story of creation, fall, redemption, and consummation that is narrated in the Bible. Our focus is introspective and narrow, confided to our own immediate knowledge, experience, and intuition. Trying desperately to get others, including God, to make us happy, we cannot seem to catch a glimpse of the real story that gives us a meaningful role.” PeopleGivingTryingRealStoriesSeemsTodayFallRolesFocusCreationParticularWestIncludingIntuitionMeaningfulRedemptionGlimpseIntrospectiveReal StoryKnowledge Experience Author:Michael Horton
“Focus on what you want to do, don't be scared to try stuff. You only live once. You gotta take risks at times” WantTryingStuffFocusRiskScaredWhat You WantYou Only Live Once Author:Mark Zupan
“Life is full of tough decisions, and nothing makes them easy. But the worst ones are really your personal koans, and tormenting ambivalence is just the sense of satori rising. Try, trust, try, and trust again, and eventually you'll feel your mind change its focus to a new level of understanding.” FeelsTryingMindLife IsEasyUnderstandingDecisionLevelsFocusWorstToughRisingAmbivalenceTough DecisionsSatoriTrusting Again Author:Martha Beck
“I got my driver's license photo taken out of focus on purpose. Now when I get pulled over, the cop looks at it [moving it nearer and farther, trying to see it clearly], and says, "Here, you can go"” TryingLooksMovingPurposeTakenFocusDriversCopLicense Author:Steven Wright
“Having a CORE main focus is the key to being able to stay determined. Most people only set small goals and when they accomplish them... it's hard to stay on track as they are not trying to achieve anything else.” PeopleTryingHardAbleGoalFocusAchieveKeysTrackAccomplishDeterminedCoreSmall Goals Author:Scott Herman
“I love to exercise my creativity in many ways but as each year of specialization goes by I feel further and further from my other creative selves. I used to be able to see myself doing many things and sometimes I still long for a job that involves less pressure and grappling with people but, as you say, I am one of the lucky ones so I try to just focus on feeling lucky and carry on!” PeopleWayFeelsTryingYearsLongStillsSelfSometimesFeelingsAbleJobsUsedCreativityCreativeFocusExerciseLuckyPressureUsed To BeSpecializationGrappling Author:Ani DiFranco
“Some days I'm just flipping through the iPod trying to get pumped, some days I don't want to listen to anything and just focus. From game to game from day to day, whatever people do to motivate themselves, they do. I do all kinds of things.” PeopleWantTryingKindGamesFocusAll KindsDay To DayIpods Author:Troy Polamalu
“The American people have got a touchstone: Which party voted for the tools necessary to protect America and which party didn't? And that's what I'm trying to get people to focus on.” PeopleTryingAmericaPartyFocusProtectToolsTouchstones Author:George W. Bush
“If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control-myself. I can stop trying to shape up my wife and can work on my own weaknesses. I can focus an being a great marriage partner, a source of unconditional love and support. Hopefully, my wife will feel the power of proactive example and respond in kind. But, whether she does or doesn't, the most positive way I can influence my situation is to work on myself, on my being.” IfsWayWantFeelsTryingKindDoeI CanMy OwnSituationSupportFocusWifeOne ThingInfluenceExampleSourceShapesWeaknessMy WifePartnersHopefullyUnconditional LoveUnconditionalStop TryingProactiveGreat MarriageControl Myself Author:Stephen Covey
“Much more than trying to focus on the battlefield of the war, it was the central place that German doctors occupied within Nazism, the omnipotent and insane idea of wanting to generically modify an entire nation. This idea was not on the outskirts of Nazi ideology, it was the heart of movement, that's what intrigued me. Mengele is the most extreme expression of this idea.” TryingHeartIdeasWarNationsFocusMovementExpressionDoctorsExtremesInsaneIdeologyNaziBattlefieldsIntriguedNazismOmnipotent Author:Lucia Puenzo
“The most important part of filmmaking is the collaboration and the ensemble element of it. If you just all focus on the task and the work and try and make the best film that you can then people will come.” PeopleIfsTryingImportantFilmFocusElementsTasksCollaborationFilmmakingEnsembleBest Film Author:Nina Jacobson
“The one thread that was most surprising and most consistent was the lack of fear that people felt at the worst moment. They felt a lot of fear in early stages, when they're just realizing what's happening. But then things really seemed to be at their peak of terror, the fear went away. You can imagine why that's useful. At that moment your brain needs to focus all its attention on surviving, so people will feel a sense of calm as their brain tries to sort out a plan.” PeopleNeedsFeelsTryingMomentsFeltRealizingAttentionBrainFocusImaginePlansWorstStageHappeningsCalmTerrorConsistentThat MomentSurprisingThreadSurvivingWorst Moments Author:Amanda Ripley
“Don't worry about where you are or what you have or even what you think you want. Take one step at a time and worry only about only this - who you are - who you really are. Find what you love, love what makes you happy - try giving instead of getting, try caring instead of hating. Remove the mindless distractions from your life and focus on the things and people that matter the most to you. Follow your heart to discover what makes you happy, never let go of it, never devalue anything that is beautiful, and build a life that lets you be yourself.” PeopleThinkingWantLoveLifeGivingTryingHeartMatterBeautifulHateStepsWorryFocusSelf LoveLetting GoWho You AreCaringBeing YourselfRemoveLove LifeWhere You AreDistractionFollow Your HeartWhat You LoveMake You HappyMindlessGiving InOne Step At A TimeDevalueNever Let Go Author:Benjamin F Sullivan
“During the season, it's a lot of maintaining your fitness, so in the winter time is when the main work is done. During the season, I just try to maintain my speed with different types of drills with my trainer. I also work on some muscles. If there's ever any injuries during races, then I'll focus a lot of my time on the muscle recovery.” IfsTryingDifferentDoneRaceFocusTypeSeasonsWinterSpeedRecoveryMy TimeMusclesInjuryMaintainingTrainersDrillsWinter Time Author:Valtteri Bottas
“Conducting is intensely social. You work with a hundred people every day. You collaborate, you try to focus their thoughts, you try to give them a concept, you try to inspire them, and it's actually exhausting.” PeopleGivingTryingSocialFocusInspireHundredConceptsExhaustingConducting Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen
“Kids still like to laugh, kids still like the joy of learning. When you have a cool science experiment, I don't care where you're from. When you have that aha moment, whether you're in China or Kenya, that kid's eyes are gonna open up. So I really try to focus more on what we have in common than what differs us.” TryingStillsMomentsEyeCareKidsJoyCommonLaughingFocusDon't CareChinaExperimentsI Don't CareKenyaJoy Of LearningAha Moment Author:Rafe Esquith
“The reason it has taken so long for the robotics industry to move forward is because people keep trying to make something that is cool but difficult to achieve rather than trying to find solutions to actual human problems. Technology can be extremely expensive if you don't focus.” PeopleIfsTryingHumansLongReasonProblemMovingDifficultTechnologyTakenFocusAchieveIndustrySolutionsMoving ForwardExpensiveKeep TryingRoboticsHuman Problems Author:Colin Angle
“I just try to find ways to love the people that I'm around. It's hard sometimes because I'm selfish and I want to focus inwardly but when I can fight against that and look at other people's needs, it's really a stark contrast to what people are used to in such a selfish environment.” PeopleWayWantNeedsTryingLooksI CanSometimesHardUsedFightingEnvironmentFocusSelfishContrastStarks Author:Matt Diaz
“I'm used to getting reviews. I try not to read much because you'll always focus on the bad ones and not remember the good ones, so it can be a negative thing for a performer.” TryingRememberUsedFocusNegativeReviewsPerformers Author:Sam Trammell
“I try to focus on practice. This is work time. This is where we work, this is our office. I try not to let it distract me too much.” TryingPracticeToo MuchFocusOffice Author:Reggie Bush
“I used to get down on myself a lot if I missed a shot, and it would just break my focus. But now I stay mentally tough and try to just forget about that play and keep on going.” IfsTryingPlayUsedForgetBreakFocusShotsToughMentally Tough Author:Antonio McDyess
“I just try to focus on the basketball game and not get caught up in all the media.” TryingGamesFocusMediaBasketballCaughtCaught UpBasketball Game Author:Lamar Odom