Jack Rodwell Quotes

I focus on the team and I block out all the outside media stuff, because it's so irrelevant and uncontrollable.

This is football, things can change very fast. Let's be clear about it though: I will not be used as change to facilitate someone else's transfer.

I've trained all my life not to be distracted by distractions.

It makes it harder to write if I watch a lot of television, because television is not like a written story.

I try not to get caught up in how our society is so inundated with images, and stay very focused on the work that I'm doing.

I can multitask like crazy. I'm riddled with ADD - a blessing and a curse.

Before a match, I do not follow any chess news except the games.

If you know you're going to be outside, you have to be a little bit more in tune, so that you don't get distracted by what's going on and focus better.

Above all, ignore the audience.

Any active sportsman has to be very focused; you've got to be in the right frame of mind. If your energy is diverted in various directions, you do not achieve the results. I need to know when to switch on and switch off: and the rest of the things happen around that. Cricket is in the foreground, the rest is in the background.

I get a lot of kids distracted. Sometimes they got to go cover left field, but they're over here talking to me, getting an autograph.

A lot of actors, they know the camera's there, and if somebody moves around or makes noise or whatever then they get all distracted, but I pretty much lock in. You can't distract me too much.

If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

Golf is played between the ears and if you are not 100 percent focused on what you are trying to do, then people will go past you no matter who you are.

A dog in a kennel barks at his fleas; a dog hunting does not notice them.

The only thing I want to think about the moments before a race is competing. I don't want the little things to distract me.

I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.

Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up.

Once I get up on stage, I will have to forget who I am playing and focus on the game itself.

I can't worry about techs. I've got to play my game.

If you're onstage thinking about what you're going to eat when you get offstage, it's time to finish.

I can't do too much of one thing, or I get very distracted.

I want to focus on my training and leave no room for distraction. So, reality-tv shows are a no-no.

The biggest challenge is to stay focused. It's to have the discipline when there are so many competing things.