"Stay focused." "Keep your eyes up." "Keep your eyes on the prize." We are far too familiar with the phrases and clichés pointing out that our mindset and what we keep our eyes on will often dictate the direction of our sports career. Coaches and teammates constantly remind us that staying focused is critical to the team's success or our own success. What's more, we know how it feels when all of our attention is on one goal or one competition and every area of our life is neatly organized for success in that specific competition. I can remember two competitions where this was exactly the case. Where everything from what time I went to bed at night to what time I trained to what I ate to how hydrated I was, everything, was purposely designed for success in that competition. We can also feel when the opposite is the case. We can feel when we're doing everything we can to get our lives in line and to keep our eyes focused on a specific goal and instead it just seems like we're fighting a losing battle. This is not new information to anyone who's been around sports and athletics for any amount of time. The more focused we are on the development of our athletic career and the more we keep our eyes pinned on that goal, the higher rate of success we have. When we give an athletic goal our undivided attention we see the greatest results.