George Plimpton Quotes

I was never, ever once angry in the ring.

My dad probably gave me the best advice growing up. I think it's really just keeping your cool in situations and learning to balance everything.

It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.

I try to keep an even keel.

In golf, you have to stay patient and calm. On the race track you can let loose, but in golf you can't and you must be calm.

I would say I stay pretty calm. Don't let the game get too fast on me. I try to keep my emotions in check, I guess, so I don't show that anything fazes me out there. And I try to take it one pitch at a time.

If someone drops a catch, and I get angry, will that catch come back to us? It won't. Therefore, it is better to be cool, because that helps in better performance.

Without emotional control you cannot play, influence; you cannot react. You have to know what you have to do and not react. You have to be cool.

Ask yourself how many shots you would have saved if you always developed a strategy before you hit, always played within your capabilities, never lost you temper, and never got down on yourself.

Being patient ... and not becoming too stressed out over the big plays, those are the things to remember.

Karma is the beginning of knowledge. Next is patience. Patience is very important. The strong are the patient ones, Anjin-san. patience means holding back your inclination to the seven emotions: hate, adoration, joy, anxiety, anger, grief, fear. If you don't give way to the seven, you're patient, then you'll soon understand all manner of things and be in harmony with Eternity.

Those who have accomplished the greatest results are those...who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient and polite.

O gentle son, Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper, sprinkle cool patience.

I like to play what I call a-motional golf. Emotion doesn't grab me that much.

He who keeps his cool best wins.

I don't feel bitterness, I don't feel anger towards anybody. Fighting is never emotional to me.

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

There's a lot more power in calm than in vituperation.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly.

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

The bigger the game, the better I liked it. Not that I was about to let anybody know I was excited. I approached every game the same way. One pitch, one hitter at a time.

I feel like saying we need to all calm down a little. Let's take the time to breathe. I have no intention of allowing myself be distracted.

If I become defensive and upset right away, then that's going to adversely affect how I deal with it and it's probably not going to be good press for me and probably be bad just because I'm angry. Just be open and pleasant.