Shelley Moore Capito Quotes

I'm an emotional fighter.

I think that it is important that one grows a thick skin fast in this business, and I think we have done that.

You can't control all the crazy stuff that happens to you. All you can control is the way you handle it.

For years I used to think that you had to hide your emotions to show that you are strong.

The one opinion that experience does for you is it keeps you cool, calm, and collected under pressure.

Am I ever gonna grow thick skin? No.

I've got a lot better at dropping emotions if something goes wrong, or right.

Of course, fighting is one of the most emotional things that you can possibly do. You have to constantly deal with your emotions, especially myself. I have so many that that's where I get my energy from. But it's a matter of controlling them, and yeah, I just don't let nothing affect me.

I'm an emotional person. Sometimes I can't help it.

I know what I am, and what I have to do in my profession, so I can handle the pressure. It's the way I think.

I tend to take things personally. But I can only take so much, and then I jump back. I have strong survival skills.

Have a strong mind and a soft heart.

The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance.

I was a very sensitive kid who then had to condition myself to desensitize.

I can be extremely vulnerable. People are tough on me because they think I can handle it.

You have to grow thick skin and that only comes with time and learning.

People expect me to cry, but I always laugh when things go wrong.

Resilience is, of course, necessary for a warrior. But a lack of empathy isn't.

I've found men are less likely to let petty things annoy them.

If I'm uncomfortable, you'd never know.

Men who pass most comfortably through this world are those who possess good digestions and hard hearts.

I just try to stay positive and focused on the tennis, not let anything get to me, like crazy questions. But I'm tough, let me tell you, tough as nails.

That's just never been me - 'Oh, this is hurt; that's why I'm playing like this.' That's just not the type of person I am.

I learned that having great sensitivity is important. But being strong is just as important.

I get over things really quickly, and I feel like in this business, you have to be like that.