In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

If you observe yourself, every one of us does at least one work with full concentration.

My concentration with players is the next match, focus only to work for the next match and how we can win

When you are accustomed to winning, when you are used to winning, then afterwards you tend not to have the same level of concentration. Sometimes you go into the games thinking you have already won because you are so strong

The more cricket you play in your head, the less you perform on the field. So let cricket, the sport, be on the field.

I have had to work really hard at white-ball cricket. It doesn’t come naturally to me, I was a slow batsman; I worked hard on my game and fitness.

Fortunately, I got to play some India ‘A’ games, and some games where the pressure was a little less, so that I can focus on my skill and my technique.

My approach is simple – concentrate on the ball and react according to the situation.

Those who want to “spread the wealth” almost invariably seek to concentrate the power. It happens too often, and in too many different countries around the world, to be a coincidence. Which is more dangerous, inequalities of wealth or concentrations of power?

He had always had a gift for conjuring images in his mind’s eye. It was one of the secrets of his military success.

To dwell in the here and now does not mean you never think about the past or responsibly plan for the future. The idea is simply not to allow yourself to get lost in regrets about the past or worries about the future. If you are firmly grounded in the present moment, the past can be an object of inquiry, the object of your mindfulness and concentration. You can attain many insights by looking into the past. But you are still grounded in the present moment

Gymnastics does take great focus and concentration. What I do is look to my coach. He keeps me focused. And I meditate to get myself confident before the competition floor. That helps keep me focused, too.

If you are humble, your concentration will be very high.

Playing against Messi, as I’ve said before, is as tough a test of your concentration as any in football. At any moment, he can take the mickey out of you. Physically, it is demanding, but mentally even more so. You cannot switch off.

Your concentration must come as easily as the breath. Fix yourself on one thing and try to hold onto it. All will come right. Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts. The dissipated mind is a sign of its weakness. By constant meditation it gains strength.

People such as inventors searching for new material, make their discoveries in a state of self-forgetfulness. It is in a condition of deep intellectual concentration that this forgetfulness of the ego arises and the invention is revealed. This is also a way of developing intuition.

Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist.

Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.

We artists are indestructible; even in a prison, or in a concentration camp, I would be almighty in my own world of art, even if I had to paint my pictures with my wet tongue on the dusty floor of my cell.

Concentration is a form of exclusion, and where there is exclusion, there is a thinker who excludes.

Concentration is the root of all the higher abilities in man

Concentrate on your goals. Do not allow other thoughts to enter your mind. If you allow them to, other things could take your concentration away from your ultimate aim.

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket

I am not in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people

I’m constantly watching my weight for my job, and I’ve trained so hard this year to be ready for this season-more rigorously than ever – but people who tune in to Formula One have no comprehension of what we have to do to be fit. It’s so physical. This year, the car is way faster than when you came to the race. And the physicality has gone up quite a lot, at least 20 to 30 percent. People don’t see that. They don’t see us as athletes. They just see us driving.

Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.