"The kids are the ones who keep themselves focused," he said.

Your job is just to keep us focused while I do the actual work.

He kept focusing on it with one eye at a time.

He knew that, and had to keep focusing on it.

But the patient kept focusing on what he should have done.

"We need to create jobs for the guys, keep them focused," he said.

They can't execute me, he thought, using the idea to keep him focused.

"They basically told me to keep focusing on my current job," he said.

He bit his lip through, because the pain was all that helped keep him focused.

That kept my mind a little more focused on what I had to do here.