Sports Focus Quotes

#1. Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement.

Warren Farrell

#2. Still loving the sport; still working on the focus.

Phillip Thomas

#3. There is no continuum for success. Focus on the progress, not the results.

Nick Saban

#4. The mainstream media perpetuates the notion that women should focus entirely on a static image of a perfect body as the end goal. There are no messages about the process, the active body, how it makes us feel in that moment.

Anna Kessel

#5. We wanted Nike to be the world's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don't end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour.

Phil Knight

#6. You cannot turn your winning attitude on when you think you 'need it.' You must work on it every day, every practice, every match - win or lose. Focus on playing to win, not playing to lose, for there is a season of difference between the two.

John Kessel

#7. I try to focus and compete and do positive things for the sport.

Usain Bolt

#8. When people say that a certain sport is not a sport - have them play that sport and see if they can do it. Golf is one of the hardest sports you've ever played. Bowling is all about concentration, it's all about focus, it's all about aim.

Dwyane Wade

#9. Do the best work you can do and try not to worry about the fact that you are a woman covering the NFL and you have never played the sport before. Just focus on the story and study, prepare and deliver the best report possible.

Megan Alexander

#10. People focus on role models; it is more effective to find antimodels - people you don't want to resemble when you grow up

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#11. My only focus was the Olympics because in my sport, that is the ultimate. Everything is geared toward that, and my entire life was geared around getting there and winning gold.

Cammi Granato

#12. An athlete gains so much knowledge by just participating in a sport. Focus, discipline, hard work, goal setting and, of course, the thrill of finally achieving your goals. These are all lessons in life.

Kristi Yamaguchi

#13. In sports and in business, the greatest leaders are those who make the best decisions in the most crucial of situations. They are the ones who focus their energy on turning tough decisions into winning decisions.

Don Yaeger

#14. Channel your energy. Focus.

Carl Lewis

#15. I started modeling when I was about 2 or 3 years old; I started with Baby Guess, and I did Guess Kids, and that was the extent of my modeling career as a kid. I took all of my elementary, middle and high school years off to focus on school and sports.

Gigi Hadid

#16. I love team sports - they give me something to focus on rather than the fact that I can't breathe or my muscles are aching.

Sanjeev Bhaskar

#17. Breathe out unwanted thoughts with your exhale and re-focus your attention directly on what is important right now, at this moment.

Amit Ray

#18. Sports are the ultimate secular religion. Instead of being worried about whether your kids will be okay or how your job is going, you have your team, and you can focus all of your angst and your hopes and dreams on your team. I am in no way saying it always relieves any of this!

Alex Gibney

#19. Many ... have tremendous God-given gifts, but they don't focus on the development of those gifts. Who are these individuals? You've never heard of them- and you never will .

John Wooden

#20. If it were easy it would not be any fun.

T Jay Taylor

#21. Physically, rowing was remarkable resistant to the camera ... the camera liked power exhibited more openly, and the power of the oarsmen [is] exhibited in far too controlled a setting. Besides, the camera liked to focus on individuals, and except for the single scull, crew was sport without faces.

David Halberstam

#22. In many U.S. schools, sports instilled leadership and persistence in one group of kids while draining focus and resources from academics for everyone. The lesson wasn't that sports couldn't coexist with education; it was that sports had nothing to do with education.

Amanda Ripley

#23. Focus on winning the contest with yourself.

John Kessel

#24. My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win ... channel your energy. Focus.

Carl Lewis