Jackie Robinson Quotes

When I'm on the field, family-wise, family matters, whatever off-the-field issues, I'm not worried about.

My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important.

My dad just wants me to dedicate myself to playing and to focus on the ball.

When I am on the pitch, I don't focus on the opposition fans. I am focused on doing my best for the team.

At the end of the day, I play baseball, and I don't let anything else get in my head.

I love to go on the field, and I want to score 100 goals every game, if I can. But it's also my job, and when I finish my job, I have a life. I have a family.

I really enjoy being in the game for every single ball.

When I'm on the field, I just do my job.

We don't even think about it out there. We just focus on doing our job. The ball is the same baseball, the game is the same game. We're going to just keep trying to do our jobs.

We need to play between the whistles. That's what tough competitors do. They don't run their mouth.

I'm someone who always comes on the court no matter what's going on in my life. It's all about basketball and my teammates and my team. I don't let any distractions in, and I bring my best every night, regardless of what's going on or what people are talking about.

With everything else that would swirl around me when I got involved in it, tennis was my main concern.

I just want to concentrate on my rugby and enjoy it and live in the moment.

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

Working with Michael Chiklis is a lesson in professionalism and staying focused. That's what Chiklis brings all day long.

I never bring a role home with me. The moment they say, 'It's a wrap,' it's gone completely. I'm a totally ruthless professional, and life is my family, not my work.

Guys like Josh Gordon need to stay in his sport and mind his own business.

I just want to continue to play great football - that's all that matters. I don't really care about the accolades or any of that.

I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because it takes over your life.

I was only interested in scoring goals. I wasn't interested in anything else.

For all the fun, don't forget: I always knew when to put my golf balls down and practice.

There were butterflies, otherwise, you're not really ready to play. The locker room, I remember, was quiet and we were very focused on playing that game.

I have a kid and a husband and my family, and it's important to live the real life. I don't want to offer my whole life to cinema. It's only cinema.

I'm very lucky. I am one of those people who is able to go home, shut the front door and completely focus on the kids.

Yes, I applied a lot of what I did in football to golf.