I tried to shove it aside and concentrate on the conference call.

I tried to stay in and concentrate to do my best.

He tried to push away the whispers from Weindre and concentrate on the power flow.

I was just trying to go out there and concentrate on pitching.

"I try to block it out and concentrate on my reading."

He tried to clear his mind of extraneous thoughts and concentrate on the job at hand.

I try to put the draft out of my mind and just concentrate on Stanford.

I like to try to take what the defense gives you and not just concentrate on scoring the ball.

He tried to dismiss it and concentrate on the task at hand.

I tried to block her out and concentrate on the half-perceived image teasing my memory.