Concentration Quotations | Page 4

Shooting yourself in the foot. That's what you call that. We talked a couple of days ago about staying crisp and not making simple mistakes, but that's what we did today. We can't have a lapse of concentration like that. But you have to keep the hammer down. You can't take the approach of: 'we've got a faster boat so we won't push it too hard,' because that's when it comes back and bites you.

Surprising results are possible. Concentration is a decisive factor.

Success is focusing the full power of all you are one what you have a burning desire to achieve.

Some of the ion generators I tested were essentially completely ineffective in removing particles. So, completely no effect at all on indoor particle concentration and some ion generators actually generated enough ozone to be a health concern,

Some of them, I think, already had underlying problems, ... One man said he didn't want to leave because he would be put into a concentration camp . . . We saw one woman sitting on her porch making the sign of the cross. It looked like she was doing it all day long.

My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

There's so much attached to playing shortstop that you lose your concentration on hitting, unless you're a natural hitter. There's so much to think about in the field, you don't have time to think about what you did at the plate last time. 'How did he get me out?'

He's come so far, but he reverted today. He needs to be able to sustain a level of concentration and an attitude that is representative of what we want at FAU.

He's a young guy. It's like Billy Martin said -- if you tell him 10 times, tell him 11. Hopefully, that's the one that catches. He's gotten better and better at a lot of things. Obviously, there's room for improvement in concentration and not getting distracted by things. That's something we'll keep striving for. A lot of pitchers face that. Hopefully, we'll get through that.

We established a pretty good working relationship back then, ... I've managed to keep in touch with him through the years. But I didn't really get locked in too much on the pitching aspect of things last year. It was more breaking down opposing hitters; all of my concentration was on keeping track of the next team.