We just need to stay focused.


Dontell Jefferson

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We mainly just need to be aggressive, stay focused mentally and play good defense.
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I just tried to stay focused, stay in the game (after the throwing error). We need this conference w...
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STEVE RECHEL
We need to not be overconfident. We need to continue to do the little things and stay focused.
JEFF ROWLAND
This game will help us stay focused. We need this game to help us stay on track with what we are try...
STACY PHILLIPS
We just tried to stay focused. We didn't get rattled and we just kept playing. We stuck to our plan ...
D'AWVALO TURNIPSEED
I think we all dug in down the stretch and showed what we were made of. It showed the character we d...
DONTELL JEFFERSON
On my visit, I saw how they encouraged their team. I'm glad I came here. I've gotten better and esta...
DONTELL JEFFERSON
It will just be my and my teammates. We'll try to enjoy the moment, play hard and keep winning.
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Of course we don't want to cost the school any money, but as a player you want to have interaction l...
DONTELL JEFFERSON
My key to dealing with stress is simple: just stay cool and stay focused.
ASHTON EATON
Stay focused on the mission.
NAVEEN JAIN
We knew we couldn't win on talent alone. We've had to work hard. We need to stay focused because we ...
EDWIN RIOS
We were in disbelief. It just kept spiraling down and it was hard to stay focused.
CAROLYN KIEGER
I had to just stay focused on my own jump.
JANA LINDSEY
Aim higher. Stay focused.
BRANDON ADAMS
The second time around we need to stay focused and stay disciplined. We could still have a big game ...
CRAIG MORTENSEN
If it isn't contributing to getting you where you want to be a year from today, then don't put it on...
MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN
... Make your work IMPORTANT. Important enough to ignore other things. mportant enough to decide to ...
MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN
It's our intensity I guess. We just weren't focused. We need to figure it out.
ANDRE OWENS
We've been down by 10 points in a lot of games this year. We just had to stay focused.
ALEX BAWEK
I've got a Minor League game on Friday. I just need to keep the intensity and stay focused and get o...
JOSH BECKETT
We see it's there. It's hard not to think like 'Aw, national championship!' but we've just got to st...
BILL WALKER
I don't do the L.A. scene. I stay focused and very myopic. I don't feel I need to prove myse...
TAYLOR KITSCH
I think there is always room for improvement from game to game, but we just have to stay focused. An...
BRIAN SHIPLEY
I'm just looking to learn, grow, stay focused, and become a better fighter and a better athlete.
CONOR MCGREGOR
I like our team a lot. We've got a lot of talented kids, but we need to stay focused and keep going ...
KIP JANVRIN
Our defense made its stand the entire game. But offensively we had a lot of mental breakdowns. We ju...
BILL DAVIS
We're sound and solid. We just need to stay on track.
BARBARA WOODALL
Wrestling is so much a mental sport they need to make sure they're not over-estimating or under-esti...
HARVEY STARBUCK
We're trying to stay mentally focused at the beginning of singles. We need to put an exclamation poi...
JAY LAPIDUS
Information overload (on all levels) is exactly WHY you need an "ignore list". It has never been mor...
MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN
We should have been out of there in five. We just weren't focused and I was disappointed by the effo...
DIANE NINEMIRE
Stay humble, stay grounded, stay focused… especially when you get lucky
50PIPS
We just tried to stay focused and concentrate on making our free throws. It really boosts your confi...
KATIE RIDDELL
I was just trying to concentrate on each point. I was like, 'This is 5-2 - we can't get any worse.' ...
LAIME CONTRERAS
We talked about it. But not so much in the way that, yes, we have a shot to host now, but more about...
CARMEN DOLFO
Everybody's focused. We don't need to sit anybody.
JOE SHARROCK
We're getting closer to them (Jefferson and Athens Academy). But we need to beat them another time t...
DON CRUMLEY
Our overall goal is to win so that we can have a good winning record. We need to stay mentally focus...
RACHAEL SCOGGIN
We have to stay focused in the second half. Our backs are against the wall.
JUAN PALACIOS
It's a long road, so we are just trying to stay focused and grounded and keep moving forward. I&...
STURGILL SIMPSON
She's always yelling at me to stay focused.
COREY SUTTON
That's the thing. We've been talking a lot about what we were going to do. We've been talking about ...
EDWIN MULITALO
I think what endurance sports teach you is to stay dedicated, stay focused, and also to understand y...
KYRSTEN SINEMA
We're trying to just stay focused on this game and play this game. We'd like to have a district cham...
AIMEE BATES
Knowing what happened last year, we knew we had to stay in it and stay focused. Last year we were in...
ERIN BROCKA
We must stay focused on the bilateral negotiations between the Palestinians and us.
REUVEN RIVLIN
I think we can win the whole thing. If we stay focused, we can win state.
BOB BURTON
It's a big game. We have to stay focused and play one inning at a time.
WAYNE STEWART
stay focused and never give up
MEIR EZRA
We just wrestle our match, that's really it. Try to stay focused on what we've done all year. He had...
DEAN COX
I hope it doesn't creep into anything. We just have to remain focused now that we're the only team i...
ERLANA LARKINS
We can't slack off in practice this week, we have to stay focused. Now we've got to work even harder...
ALEX HERTENSTEIN
That first round is huge. You've got to come out focused and going straight ahead. If we can stay fo...
RON AVERILL
I enjoy big crowds. They just motivate me to get focused and work hard and stay in it and play golf.
CAMILO VILLEGAS
It's always good to be on top, but at the same time we're focused and coach Carroll always reminds u...
DWAYNE JARRETT
What you stay focused on will grow.
ROY T. BENNETT
Stay focused; leave everything and do something
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH
I tell them to be ready for anything. I encourage them to stay focused.
MARK MEARS
I would have to say to myself, 'You've got to remain calm, you've got to stay focused.'
RUDI GIULIANI
We had [Jefferson] going well. I didn't have a problem sitting back and just watching. At the same t...
VINCE CARTER
These aren't groomed snowmobile trails. You've got to stay focused.
STEVE MADSEN
You know, all year we've been talking about staying focused because that's what's going to get us to...
COREY BREWER
Suspects. Prospects. Whatever you want to call it. They just got to keep working, and they got to st...
BOBBY MARTIN
What I like about this team is that they never give up. We are not big at the net and we need anothe...
LAURA WILLIAMS
When I got to match point in the final I was afraid I'd be a little nervous, but I just said, Yo...
GABRIELA SABATINI
We need to get focused on our next three games. We need to make sure we take care of our business.
LONNIE GAYLOR
This is special for him. He tried to stay with Shawn and that helped him stay focused.
BRUCE CUNNINGHAM
We just have to stay with what we've been doing. We need to keep working hard. We've found the formu...
CECIL BROWN
I just think if I can ask anything it's for everybody in this room, including myself, to stay focuse...
ANGELINA JOLIE
We tried to stay focused after they surprised us with their out-side shooting in the first quarter.
MARGO MUHLBAUER
Relationships are important, but stay focused on all the things that are important. Figure out what ...
DAREN KAGASOFF
Follow your deepest dream, the one you had as a kid... but stay focused.
DONAL LOGUE
This air we breathe is precious, and the glaciers helped me understand that and stay focused on that...
JAMES BALOG
We need to be focused in corporate America on the long term.
THOMAS PEREZ
The bottom line is we need to be focused on industry diversification.
GRETA VON UNRUH
Friends becomes enemies, enemies become friends, no matter what happpens stay focused and stay true ...
OLASOT
The freshmen have speed and make us a good solid team. We just need to stay away from injury.
BOB LEIB
I hate those kinds of games. It's kind of hard to stay focused. Kids get frustrated. You just hope t...
GARY HOWELL
On the ice, he's nerves of steel. He has fun out there, but he just likes to stay as focused as he c...
JOE POLO
That's OK, ... When we get to Homestead, we just need to stay close to him and wrap it up. The thing...
TED MUSGRAVE
It was like a dream to win that game, to win the Series. Very fun. I had to stay positive, stay focu...
DAMASO MARTE
I've always thought this was another Mystic just waiting to break. We just need to give people a rea...
BILL NASH
It's difficult to stay focused each time and do it each time.
MAXIM MARININ
Stay focused and keep your goals and high standards.
COURTNEY WALSH
Marist just wanted it more. We need to stay hungry. I know this team is not satisfied with 11 wins.
ANDRE COLLINS
It's very intense. You just have to be prepared and don't look ahead. But our players are very matur...
JAMIE MAHAFFEY
I am looking forward to the season. I think if the kids stay focused we can compete with most anyone...
CHRIS COBB
We just weren't focused. We just weren't enthused. We just got outplayed.
MANNY LAWSON
We are focused more on what we need to do. On defense, we need to tighten up. We've thrown a few new...
ANDY HARMON
Maria Sharapova winning Wimbledon at 17, I don't think that's ever going to happen again. It...
EUGENIE BOUCHARD
I can't kid myself. I'm looking forward to the Big East and to LSU. But we have to stay focused. We ...
ED NELSON
There sure have been a lot of distractions. But the key for us is to stay focused and stay together....
AMY NIXON
We wanted to go up and down the court real fast, but it didn't end up happening. We just had to make...
MARTIN CLEVELAND
I would be absolutely thrilled if he's a better player when he shows up than he was when he left las...
MIKE HARGROVE
I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.
ALICIA KEYS
All this is really just preseason for us. We need to get comfortable and stay positive. Essentially,...
BILL WOODLEY
When we smell blood, we need to just keep going and extend it. We let them stay in the game and scre...
TYLER BRAND
This is a new chapter and we're focused on what we need to do.
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THOMAS JEFFERSON
I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from th...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Whereas it appeareth that however certain forms of government are better calculated than others to p...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
If you want something you've never had
You must be willing to do something you've never done.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good gener...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers w...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you w...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbeliev...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
While wading through the whimsies, the puerilities, and unintelligible jargon of this work Plato's R...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by renderi...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending t...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Certainly one of the highest duties of the citizen is a scrupulous obedience to the laws of the nati...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
When angry, count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, ...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of m...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are then mo...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that o...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Nothing gives a person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under a...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate -- to surmount every difficult...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolish...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time t...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and ...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.
THOMAS JEFFERSON