He has been single-minded for most of his life.
President Obama opposed the Iraq war from the start and has been single-minded about ending it, withdrawing the last combat troops in 2011.
Ever since he left McKinsey, a consulting firm, in 1970, to join the cable industry, he has been single-minded about making money.
He still cringes about losses he believes he could have turned into victories, but he has been single-minded since his return.
From the moment he arrived, Mr. Prokhorov has been single-minded in his goals, insisting that if the Nets failed to win a title within five years, he would do the unthinkable and marry.
Since winning power in May 2001, his right-wing coalition has been single-minded in enacting legislation to help stop the criminal trials that the prime minister and a close friend have been facing.
"He has been single-minded and correct, as opposed to many of the rest of us, and early on was giving us warnings about what was going on there".
But his defense of Mr. Schwarz has put him in the spotlight as never before, and friends say he has been single-minded about his goal ever since Mr. Schwarz was convicted two years ago on obstruction of justice charges in the same case.
He has been single-minded about his desire to own the club, even when the Rangers board practically said they did not want him.
Because of a worldview that has been single-minded in its focus for more than four decades.
