#focused

When I attack a role, be it TV, film or stage, the first thing I say is, I don't want to know anything. If it's good I don't want to hear it; if it's bad I don't want to hear it. The only thing either thing can do is distract me. I like to stay focused. ↗

— Cicely Tyson

#attack #bad #distract #either #film

For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it. ↗

— Usain Bolt

#focused #i #know #me #need

If the EPA continues unabated, jobs will be shipped to China and India as energy costs skyrocket. Most of the media attention has focused on the EPA's efforts to regulate climate-change emissions, but that is just the beginning. ↗

— Fred Upton

#beginning #china #continues #costs #efforts

I'm one of these very focused people when it comes to day-to-day work, and I'm trying not to think about what comes next so that I can stay very focused on what I'm doing now. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#comes #day-to-day #doing #focused #i

The AEC scientists were so narrowly focused on arming the United States for nuclear war that they failed to perceive facts - even widely known ones - that were outside their limited field of vision. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#even #facts #failed #field #focused

What I've learned in these 11 years is you just got to stay focused and believe in yourself and trust your own ability and judgment. ↗

— Mark Cuban

#believe #believe in yourself #focused #got #i

I thought that, with so much current attention focused on the topic of North Korea, I might share what I think are three books which cast a rare light on the elusive realm of North Korea. ↗

— Adam Johnson

#books #cast #current #elusive #focused

A great deal has been accomplished by the team, and I do think it important that it goes on and it is allowed to reach its full conclusion. In fact, I really believe it ought to be better resourced and totally focused on WMD; that that is important to do it. ↗

— David Kay

#allowed #been #believe #better #conclusion

It wasn't about the X's and the O's and the strategy; it was more about keeping 12 guys focused and committed to a task. That group dynamic, and then helping them to grow as people and basketball players. ↗

— Isaiah Thomas

#basketball #committed #dynamic #focused #group

If I can start my day out by saying my prayers and getting myself focused, then I know I'm doing the right thing. That 10 minutes helps me in every way throughout the day. ↗

— Mark Wahlberg

#doing #doing the right thing #every #focused #getting