- For CiCi Bellis, what a difference a year makes: This time last year, Bellis was preparing to go to college. But with intense training and focus, she’s now by far the youngest player in the top 100 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/sports/tennis/cici-bellis-bnp-paribas-open.html 26 comments tennis
- CBS Changes Focus Of Democratic Debate To Terrorism: “This is exactly what the president is going to have to face,” Steve Capus, the executive editor of CBS News and the executive producer of CBS Evening News, told the Times. http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/11/14/3722321/dem-debate-terrorism/ 26 comments politics
- [McShay]: I am going to take some time away to focus on my health and my family. Thank you ESPN for being so supportive and for all the well wishes - I can’t wait to be back on the sidelines soon. https://twitter.com/mcshay13/status/1435292036391784454?s=21 67 comments nfl
- Donald Trump focuses on New York Times 'going against social media guidelines' while ignoring growing diplomatic row over tweets http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-theresa-may-britain-first-new-york-times-tweets-latest-posts-a8084526.html 12 comments worldnews
- Bestie breakup: Donald Trump and Roger Ailes even too miserable for one another. “Ailes’s camp said Ailes learned that Trump couldn’t focus and that advising him was a waste of time. These debate prep sessions weren’t going anywhere.” http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/307273/bestie-breakup-donald-trump-roger-ailes-gabriel-sherman-vanity-fair/ 3 comments politics
- A Good Time for Agility - Because when money’s tight and the future’s cloudy, most executives are going to be focused on surviving the next quarter... http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/when/200x/2008/10/12/tough-times-agility 24 comments programming
- If every day appears to go in a blur, try seeking out new and interesting experiences, researchers have suggested | Researchers have found louder experiences seem to last longer, while focusing on the clock also makes time dilate, or drag. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/22/try-something-new-to-stop-the-days-whizzing-past-researchers-suggest 27 comments science
- Gunther on his IC Titles reign: “It’s a part of the job. It’s a great accomplishment. Whenever I get asked about it, it’s not the time to celebrate now. It’s going to be later. I’m stuck in a tunnel a little bit and stay focused. Overall, it’s been great for my career and it’s a great achievement.” https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/wwe/gunther-on-his-wwe-intercontinental-title-reign-its-not-the-time-to-celebrate 5 comments squaredcircle
- [Lewenberg] Nurse on Raptors-"They look good to me. It's a new coach, a new system & they're going to need some growth time. But I think in general they seem like they're playing really hard, they're playing really well together, they seem really focused & they're doing a lot of good things" https://twitter.com/JLew1050/status/1718392901070168440 15 comments nba
- [Philipp Hinze] Xavi Simons: „I already feel at home. I enjoy my time here and enjoy playing for Leipzig. I want to be successful, to make my mark on the club. (….) You can't predict anything in football. No one knows what's going to happen in a few months. But now my focus is on Saturday night.“ https://x.com/philipphinze24/status/1707461345916883360?s=46&t=GxJVE__6HtIDqzRQ9MGgwA 22 comments soccer
- [Long] I spoke with someone from @Ravens and I was informed they told media members that they were going to respect the process and only handle draft questions. After two questions they felt it was time to move on and focus on the draft. https://twitter.com/roblongsports/status/1643990400938684418?s=46 48 comments nfl
- Spalletti on his contract: “I couldn’t care less. An important moment for the city of Napoli is ahead of me and all the focus needs to go there, otherwise I wouldn’t be Neapolitan. I don’t want to lose my time on anything that compared to our goal is trivial.” https://youtu.be/llkUo2bu7Tw?t=970 3 comments soccer
- Gunther (Walter) on his body transformation: "I guess I eat less. I always worked out a lot, but for the first time, I have really focused on my nutrition. These guys really pushed me. You’ve got to go with the times, and evolve a little bit, and that’s what I did." https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2022/04/the-former-walter-addresses-name-change-to-gunther-in-wwe-nxt/ 36 comments squaredcircle
- SW3RVE on Hit Row possibly signing somewhere together: “Right now I'm focused on myself and what I have to do I'm at an older age. . . That was a fun time and going into this realm of this character was really cool, but I'm maturing and moving on to something greater” https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/shane-swerve-strickland-discusses-future-hit-row-says-he-s-focused-himself 56 comments squaredcircle
- [Lewis Hamilton] A great win for our first time in Qatar. TEAMLH you keep us going, we keep pushing and we feel your energy more than ever. It’s been one hell of a year but I love this battle. Getting right back to work, focused and ready for the final two races. We win & we lose together. https://twitter.com/LewisHamilton/status/1462484775625629700 60 comments formula1
- [Lewenberg] Nick Nurse on Barnes vs Suggs tomorrow: "I think it makes sense that it is a thing. It was probably the one spot in the draft that people really focused in on. I think for a long time people thought it would go the opposite way, and it went the way it went." https://twitter.com/JLew1050/status/1453764476138926089 78 comments nba
- Going to quit my job in exactly 80 days to focus full-time on my startup. Critique my plan? https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/aehkxt/going_to_quit_my_job_in_exactly_80_days_to_focus/ 26 comments startups
- Southgate on Delph returning home: "Some things in life are more important than football. His wife is due to go into labour. His focus needs to be with his family at his time. He is buying his wife curries to aid the speed of process!" https://twitter.com/henrywinter/status/1013804651790196736?s=19 124 comments soccer
- I am going on a vacation soon, and my goal is to use that time away to focus on figuring out a system that I can trust to handle all of my tasks and creative projects. What do you suggest I do to make this happen? https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/6lhx90/i_am_going_on_a_vacation_soon_and_my_goal_is_to/ 7 comments productivity
- Vincent Kompany: "Pep Guardiola's tactical & technical assessments are like nothing I've seen before and that's why people enjoy to see him fail. It's normal, someone that's been successful many times, you have 1 season where it's not going your way and people want to focus on it." http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/10863961/vincent-kompany-talks-special-pep-guardiola-and-the-improvement-of-man-city 407 comments soccer
- The truth is that the long-term outlook for Social Security and Medicare, while not great, actually isn’t all that bad. It’s time to stop obsessing about how we’ll pay benefits to retirees in 2035 and focus instead on how we’re going to provide jobs to unemployed Americans in the here and now. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/opinion/krugman-the-geezers-are-all-right.html?_r=0 224 comments politics
- [Jackson] Spoelstra: "I told the guys you probably shouldn’t sleep any amount of time tonight. I don’t think anyone will. We’ve done everything the hard way.... All we’re going to focus on is getting this thing back to the 305.” Game 5 on Monday in Denver. https://twitter.com/flasportsbuzz/status/1667374201617936386 145 comments nba
- [Ardaya] Blake Treinen said he could face hitters here in San Francisco on Wednesday. Would be his second time facing hitters in his rehab. Still feels he’s trending upwards; at this point, his focus is on building back stamina to be able to go into games in the stretch run. https://twitter.com/fabianardaya/status/1554248260780380160?s=21&t=XVPRb4AW5IJ82BGFGChqKg 9 comments baseball
- Tyler Herro on potential trade rumors: "I'm done listening to all that, honestly. Any time we're not playing my name is brought up in something. I'm focused on getting better and getting this team better... We're building up to win the championship, and I don't plan on going anywhere." https://streamable.com/d7n3js 71 comments nba
- [PatsDStat] The #Texans made an effort to go with their smallest rookie class in team history based on losing practice time on the field. Now losing preseason games and no joint practices this camp, focus remains on getting the roster ready for the season. https://twitter.com/PatDStat/status/1278425312540405762?s=20 27 comments nfl
- [SI] Victor Hedman on being potential finalist for Norris "there aren’t a whole lot of trophies for dman to win. I’ve been a finalist 3 times and it’s a lot more fun when you go there and win. I focus most on winning games but to do that I expect to try to be the best player on the ice every night.” https://www.si.com/nhl/2020/05/19/lightning-victor-hedman-unfinished-business-playoffs 35 comments hockey
- [Frank Clark] Anywhere you go in life just remember to always put your name on something. Focus on your energy and stay on pace no matter how many times you may get off track. I thank John Schneider and the rest of the organization for believing me back in 2015. It’s always love. We going up! https://twitter.com/therealfrankc_/status/1120835881454243840?s=21 47 comments nfl
- [Philip Duncan] Horner: “My wife has been hugely supportive, as has my family, but the intrusion on my family is now enough, and we need to move forward and focus on what we are here for. It is time now to focus on why we are here which is to go Formula One racing.” https://twitter.com/PhilDuncanF1/status/1765769630822400223 742 comments formula1
- Joel Embiid on missing 4 free throws last night: “I’m actually very disappointed...I’ve just got to focus, I guess. They’re called free throws for a reason; it’s free... I want to become a 90 percent free throw shooter and just knock them down every single time, because I go there so many times.” https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/sixers/joel-embiid-free-throws-sixers-boston-celtics-doc-rivers-nba 3 comments nba
- Christian Wood on Twitter after his monster G-League performance: "Talk[ed] to coach bud before he sent me down he told me to stay focused my time is going to come so I’m gonna KILL everyone until then" https://twitter.com/Chriswood_5/status/1086821000031940608 115 comments nba
- [Paul Gorst] Mo Salah: “It’s revenge time. Real Madrid beat us in the final last time. It was a very sad day for all of us. We have to focus on the PL first. We have four games left and so do City. We wish they will drop points. We just need to focus on the Spurs game and then go from there.” https://twitter.com/ptgorst/status/1522308511539081216?s=19&t=9XLjFicZc2gwavbb7WEX2A 217 comments soccer
- [Warren Sharp] So Joe Flacco, who in his last 5 yrs as a full-time starter ranked dead last in YPA, TD:INT ratio & 2nd worst in passer rtg while going 41-41 as the NFL's highest paid QB, said he's too focused on winning to mentor? And people think Drew Lock will suffer without that mentorship? https://twitter.com/sharpfootball/status/1128304206228611074?s=21 19 comments nfl
- [Giardi] Gronk suffered from painful back spasms Friday. A considerable amount of time was focused on alleviating those issues into Saturday. Team source believes it's a short term thing (at Buffalo Monday in play) but given his history, worth monitoring going forward #Patriots https://twitter.com/mikegiardi/status/1054430421604356096 25 comments nfl