The real sting here isn't that distractions exist—it's that we're often the ones *summoning* them. Tom Kite, speaking from decades of professional golf where focus determines survival, understands that distraction isn't something that happens *to* us but something we unconsciously choose when the work grows difficult. Notice the word "looking"—it suggests agency, even appetite. When you're staring at a half-written report that terrifies you, your brain becomes ingeniously creative at finding reasons to check email, reorganize your desk, or suddenly remember you needed to call someone. The quote's real gift is naming this complicity: your distractions aren't enemies circling outside; they're accomplices you keep inviting in.