Most race drivers talk about the importance of concentration on the track.
Without it, success is impossible. Concentrate on putting out the effort and trying to get the very best performance you're capable of, and continue to work on improvement. Gil de Ferran, coming off a victory last Sunday in the CART FedEx Series race in Portland, Ore., said he's never had a problem staying focused. Once you are aware that that is a necessity, you must work on it, both your focus and your emotional control. If you give me something to do, I don't find it difficult to blank out everything else.