E. T. A. Hoffmann Quotes

I have a high tolerance for discomfort.

My father believed strongly, and taught me, that you can't let yourself get too high on a success or too low on a failure. In this volatile business, that's useful to know.

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.

I think things hit me very hard, and I wish I had allowed things to roll off my back a little bit more.

No, nothing really upsets me.

I've learned to let things roll off my back.

Wallow too much in sensitivity and you can't deal with life, or the truth.

As a tennis player you can win and you can lose, and you have to be ready for both. I practised self-control as a kid. But as you get older they both - winning and losing - get easier.

I can handle ups and downs.

Never let your face show how hard they are taking your ass.

The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.

If you're thin-skinned, you don't belong doing what I do for a living.

I feel like I haven't done the best in environments that aren't conducive to me doing well, and I have to do that. Because times are going to get tough, and I'm going to have to let things slide off my back.

We talk to our players all the time, 'Just control what you can control.' It's no different in life.

I'm constantly trying to be strong, to be calm when things get tough. The biggest part of that is keeping things in perspective, not being afraid of playing long matches, not putting too much pressure on yourself. It can't be all or nothing, right here, right now.

I usually don't let any kind of pressure bother me.

I don't cry about anything.

It hasn't always been a sweet ride. When I was 15, I almost hated racing in finals because I was so nervous. But as I got more experienced, I had to choose between fight and flight - and I've fought every time.

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

The essential idea of Stoicism in my interpretation is, you don't control the world around you, you control how you respond. At 19, that's very empowering.

I think if something's wrong with me, I just kind of work through it. That's my mentality.

Your highs can't be too high, and your lows can't be too low, because you have to pick back up and move on.

It's the same thing as a competitor with anything whether it be a play, an injury, a distraction. You just put it behind you, you take the situation for what it is and you control what you control and the people that do that the best are usually the more successful team, person, individual, what have you.

I learned to listen as a good guy, how to fight back without throwing away the heat, and how to fight back while I was still hurting. That part would always keep you in the game and keep you in the match.

I don't really let the pressure get to me.