Ed Belfour Quotes

Aggression is something that is a part of me, and I'm never going to take that out of my game.

I hate losing and I think it's good to feel a stab of anger if it happens.

When I was young, you get into the point where you want to throw everything hard. And it looks good, it feels good... You get to the point, though, where it's not realistic.

When I'm angry, like, if someone gets me really upset, whatever comes into my head, I scream it.

On the field, you have to be aggressive; you're thinking how to get the better of a situation. It's not that I don't laugh on the field. In fact, I think it's very important to laugh, especially when you are angry and aggressive, to just take the tension away, make the moment go away.

How do I handle it? I would say more times than not, if I have a bad shot, I just get angry and almost like kill the next one. And it usually works I would say 9 times out of 10.

I just really, really, really hate to lose. Really.

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

I would cry after losses when I was a kid and pout. But I played like that.

I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.

I am competitive and I feel bad when we lose. You can see it in me when we've lost. I'm in a bad way. I don't like to talk to anyone.

Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours.

I used to be short-tempered on the field when it came to winning or losing.

I get quite stroppy if I lose - but I've developed skills with a mind coach to help deal with the highs and lows of tennis at this level.

Sometimes I feel like hitting somebody. You look at the refs and they say, 'We'll take care of it.' I think, 'Yeah? You won't take care of it the way I'd like to take care of it.'

The easiest and most accessible emotion is rage.

A man who allows wild passion to arise within, himself burns his heart, then after burning adds the wind that thereto which ignites the fire again, or not, as the case may be.

I kept a straight face while my inner Neanderthal spluttered and then went on a mental rampage through a hypothetical produce section, knocking over shelves and spattering fruit everywhere in sheer frustration, screaming, 'JUST TELL ME WHOSE SKULL TO CRACK WITH MY CLUB, DAMMIT!

I'm just a sucker even talking to you guys. I should be ready to rip your heads off your necks. But it's just not the right thing to do

Ma'am, when I got up this morning, I didn't want to be jackass. You just pushed my jackass button.

When Marx got into a difficult position he would get angry and losing a game would cause him to fly into a rage.

As long as I can get angry then I play well. If I play well I can beat everybody. I am happy because I am getting angry.

There's nothing wrong with losing your temper for the right reasons.

I hate losing. I hate getting beat. I'm not used to it.

I don't like to show my emotions at the board, not because they might give something away to an opponent, but because that's my style: I like to keep it to myself.