Jermain Defoe Quotes

Of course, I should have done what doctors said and walked for miles every day and not eaten great amounts of butter. But then, life is life, and if we all did what they said we should do, it would be a different world.

Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

We say no to lots of things that would please us. I would like to punch people every now and then, but I don't. I would like to have something for free rather than pay for it. I would like to skip to the front of the line... I don't mean to brush aside the taste of meat, which is a powerful attraction. But its power is not without limit.

Patience means restraining one's inclinations.

Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

Everything in moderation - that's what I live by.

The hardest thing for me is restraint.

I don't want to be viewed as a womaniser or whatever. I don't like going crazy crazy, I like having fun but it's nice to wake up in your own bed, isn't it?

If I couldn't have discipline, if I sit up eatin' fried chicken in bed at night, I'd just as soon be dead. I take care of myself.

I don't deny myself anything - I do whatever I want in the moment - but I feel like moderation is the thing that can really sustain you for the rest of your life.

If you can't keep yourself in shape on your own without being told to, that's a shame.

I would love to eat my body weight in chocolate chip cookies, french fries, and peanut butter, but I don't. I choose not to. That's on me, just like it's on me if I choose to do it.

To enjoy freedom ... we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly, squirting half the house in order to water a single rose.

Self-control is one of the most exhilarating of pleasures.

The secret is not in what you do to yourself but rather in what you don't do.

Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.

My father taught me that only through self-discipline can you achieve freedom. Pour water in a cup and you can drink; without the cup, the water would splash all over. The cup is discipline.

You gotta take care of yourself; you can't do anything in excess.

I am not allowing myself to get carried away.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.

I work out all the time! I don't just sit around and eat burgers whenever I want. Oh, if I could I probably would, but I don't.