Brent Runyon Quotes

My own approach has always been to push intense emotions down and attempt to deal with them later.

I don't cry America. I do not cry. That was a once in a lifetime event. I do not cry, do you understand? I don't cry, okay?

I'm pretty good at remaining calm during an emergency. My house burned down when I was 12, which made me really pragmatic about what needed to be done. But I can be bad in that I compartmentalize a lot of emotions and push them away to deal with them at a later date.

I'm not an emotional person. I don't use the emotion train that much. I just use the happy card.

As long as you can worry about the stuff you can control, that's always best for you.

I tend not to worry about things I can't do anything about. It's not in my nature to spend too much time thinking.

I tend to keep things that bother me clandestine... well-hidden. I'm also not very good at recognising the reasons that change my moods - they just seem to happen, which is not great for those around me.

I try not to worry about things that I can't control.

I was a master at keeping my feelings in.

As a human being, anger is a part of our mind. Irritation also part of our mind. But you can do - anger come, go. Never keep in your sort of - your inner world, then create a lot of suspicion, a lot of distrust, a lot of negative things, more worry.

Every faculty and virtue I possess can be used as an instrument with which to worry myself.

The only way I've been able to keep my sanity is to pull back when I feel like it's time to pull back.

My mood depends on how I treat my toothbrushes. Being a skipper is a strenuous job, and when you are going through a rough phase, obviously you start taking out your frustration. You can't take it out on anyone: you can't take it out on your teammates or your wife. The only person that is left is your toothbrush.

I can't worry about things that I can't control. That's the best approach, so I've been doing that.

I wear my emotions on my sleeve. If I keep that bottled up, it's not going to be good. It's all going to come out at some point in time. I would rather it come out in little bits and pieces than me try to hold it in.

I was very sensitive, so when sensitivity has no place to go, it's often turned into anger or frustration.

As cliche as it sounds, I've always told myself, 'Don't worry about the things you can't control. Control the things you can control.' That battle has beat up on me for years.

I don't cry about anything.

I understand that people talk, and frankly, I can't control that. There's no point in getting upset over a thing that you can't control. You just have to let it go.

Shadow had heard too many people telling each other not to repress their feelings, to let their emotions out, let the pain go. Shadow thought there was a lot to be said for bottling up emotions. If you did it long enough and deep enough, he suspected, pretty soon you wouldn't feel anything at all.

I couldn’t bear to think about the proper future, so I just tried to make things better for the next twenty minutes or so, over and over again.

Sure you have feelings and you get emotional and angry but I kept everything inside because I think I still had that thought in my mind - I didn't want to get suspended again

I think I think too much. That's why I drink!

Although anxiety is part of life, never let it control you.

If I could not smile, I think my situation would be even more serious.