Anthony Yarde Quotes

Most people would focus on concentrating more, and I can't do that. It almost makes me overthink a lot of my things. I have to focus on not thinking.

Keep your head on your shoulders.

The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.

To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment.

Writing is a very focused form of meditation. Just as good as sitting in a lotus position.

It's amazing how confused and distracted and misdirected so many people are.

I try to keep myself in what I'm doing and focused on character stuff, as opposed to getting wrapped up in worrying or being nervous. It won't benefit me, in any way, to focus on that.

Keep all your personalities out of your work. Forget and forgive.

When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.

I sometimes got distracted easily and allowed my mind to wander when I needed to be focused. It's quite subtle, really, and just being aware of it helps.

You know, it's hard sometimes to just detach yourself from what you're doing.

Golf is a spiritual game. It's like Zen. You have to let your mind take over.

I had tried to get focused on other things. But I always ended up back in the same place, and it wasn't making me happy. I needed to get the focus back.

Mindfulness means being aware of how you're deploying your attention and making decisions about it, and not letting the tweet or the buzzing of your BlackBerry call your attention.

I don't worry about the last shot or the next shot. I concentrate. Every shot gets a clean slate. And when a shot is over, I wipe it out absolutely. Tell a joke or something. If you worry about how you looked, how well you did, you'll go insane.

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.

You have to know how to keep things in perspective.

If you take an hour out of your day to meditate, you will progress ten-fold. By staying mentally focused, you can let your worries go.

Every morning, I do 10 minutes of mindfulness, where I do meditation, and I use that in competition and everyday life.

You don't meditate once and suddenly your life turns around. What it does is it lets you train your brain to be able to become more stable in an action-oriented way.

The ability to remain calm and focused in stressful situations is central to making positive decisions.

I just try to play with more focus on myself; I don't worry too much about the other things that maybe gave me too much pressure in the past.

You can't be in the zone in front of 12 million people, you've got to be chill.

I've learned that I can be calm during important points.