The discipline of FOCUS

Sports Motivation Podcast

Niyi Sobo

Soccer, Football, Basketball, Crossfit, Mindset, Sports, Psychology, Dominate, Business

4.8 • 755 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Winning comes down to one thing: focus. In this episode, Niyi Sobo breaks down why your point of attention determines your thoughts, your actions, and your results. If your focus is off, your actions will be off. But when you learn to control and discipline your focus—directing it toward your goals, your process, and what’s actually in your control—you put yourself in position to win.

Key Takeaways

Focus is the root driver of results—what you focus on shapes everything.
Stop wasting energy on problems outside your control.
Put your attention on your purpose, your plan, and your process.
Daily discipline of focus is what separates champions from everyone else.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the sports motivation podcast. It's your host, Niyushobo.
0:05.2	I'm glad you guys have been patient with me. I'm excited to be back.
0:11.4	So much of winning, so much of success, so much of getting what you want is about focus.
0:17.6	It's about managing your focus. It's about controlling your focus.
0:22.1	It's about building the habit of focusing on the right things, not the wrong things.
0:29.4	I've worked with hundreds and hundreds of athletes and the ones who are struggling and the ones who habitually struggle are the ones who habitually have a
0:39.6	problem with controlling and managing what they focus on. I mean, even just think about games
0:46.8	that you watch, right, as a fan of sports, the athletes who have the tendency to win, even though they've been behind.
0:56.0	Right?
0:57.0	I always use the example of Tom Brady when he was down 28 to 3
1:01.0	in the Super Bowl, 28 to 3 at halftime.
1:07.0	If you polled everyone in that stadium at that moment, what percentage of them do you think
1:13.0	would give the Patriots a chance to win being down 28 to 3?
1:22.2	And it's because most people have no concept, no idea of how to control their focus. They don't even know that
1:30.7	they have the ability to control their focus. So what you have to do as a competitor is you have
1:37.1	to work on controlling your focus. And it's a non-stop practice. It will never end. It's a nonstop practice.
1:45.6	It will never end.
1:46.5	It's a discipline.
1:50.2	It's like working out and staying in shape.
1:52.2	You don't just get in shape and then chill.
1:55.1	You have to continue to do it day after day.
1:58.5	Because think of how many things are vying for your attention,
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