John McEnroe Quotes

I get quite stroppy if I lose - but I've developed skills with a mind coach to help deal with the highs and lows of tennis at this level.

You try to hide your emotions, so as not to show weaknesses to others. I believe it's the same for every sportsman.

I don't display emotions. I have every feeling that everyone else has, but I've developed ways to suppress them. Anger is one of my most comfortable feelings.

Personally, I think I am much calmer under incredibly stressful situations, and I've learned to deal with pressure and nerves, which is key to being a performer of any caliber.

We require our fighters to be ready hurricanes, on-call combat machines. We want them held easily in check, and we expect light-switch control over their aggression…. We vaguely hope their anger does not spill over, or come home.

You stay positive. Any competitor is going to get angry with themselves and frustrated, and all the emotion comes on.

It's what happens in other major championships - I just lose my head a little bit.

I feel like a lot of times when stuff is on my mind, I really don't show it. I know how to hide my emotions.

Patience is never more important than when you are at the edge of losing it.

I've had no problem harnessing anger.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.

It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.

I've become a lot more tolerant; I think before I talk. I can take a lot now. I don't get as angry as I used to. Whenever I do, I channel my anger into my work.

Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.

I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down.

My strength was that I am more balanced and calmer than most other riders.

I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.

Even with the sun beaming down on me I'm not sweating in my mind. I'm not sweating in my heart or in my career.

I don't want to be the angry guy.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

You have to fight the green monster with your mind, not your fists.

There is a fear of emotion in tennis.

Staying composed, focused, and effective under pressure are all about your mentality. People who successfully manage crises are able to channel their emotions into producing the behavior that they want.

I don't really get too high or too low. I think when you have a big tournament, that's the important thing: managing emotion.

If people think I'm angry, I don't want to burst anybody's bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it's not really anger; it's discipline.