John Sweeney Quotes

I lost my temper on stage.

I am not the first player to have sworn on TV and I won't be the last.

I've been in government and politics my entire career, and while I try to keep a level head and a reasonable tone in my commentary, even I can lose my head sometimes and let anger bubble over and burst out. It feels gross, looks ugly, and leaves a lasting mark.

You clearly hate to yield, but you will regret it when your anger has passed. Such natures are justly the hardest for themselves to bear.

I recognize that I have a problem with my temper. For those times it has ever caused me to do anything that gave anyone understandable and justifiable reason to be upset, I am sincerely sorry.

Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.

I have made a few mistakes with my temper, I know. But I have learned from that.

Sometimes people say things on the field that they might regret, but they should stay on the field.

If I was very high-strung, I probably would've knocked a few people out by now, and, you know, you would have seen a bad side of me that probably, hopefully, I'll never show.

I just remember I'd snap over little things when I was younger a lot. It was more just trying to control yourself in certain situations and learn how to harness that anger.

I'm kind of a low-tempered kind of guy, so I ease my way one game at a time.

There was a rule for the under-13s at Middlesbrough that you were never allowed to swear. If you did, the manager had to take you off as punishment. But I couldn't stop myself. I'd just get frustrated, I guess.

I used to just lose my temper and tell the audience to shut up.

When I was younger, if I got into arguments, I'd become aggressive and violent, but I learnt the hard way that was only going to end negatively.

I continually remind myself to live by a code. It's very important to me. I've got a bad temper.

Lose your temper and you lose the fight.

Anger is like a flame blazing up and consuming our self-control, making us think, say, and do things that we will probably regret later.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Control yourself, it is not worth it. You will regret your rudeness afterwards, your sensitive nature will be troubled

My rage outweighs my shame, as always happens when one is really ashamed and knows he ought to be.

And next to Allie, the screamer, once more reminded of his job, began to wail in Allie's ear. Reflexively Allie clapped her hand over his mouth. "That," she said, "is totally uncalled for. Don't do that again. Ever." The screamer looked at her with worried eyes. "Are we clear on this subject?" said Allie. The screamer nodded and she removed her hand. "Can I scream a little?" he asked. "No," said Allie. "Your screaming days are over." "Darn." And he was quiet thereafter.

My desires are foolish. The things I want are better kept to myself. The hand of silence is steady. The hard blade of silence is clean like night. The code is absolute. Silence is eternal and patient. Silence never makes a fool of itself like I have so many times.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

Not to be provok'd is best: But if mov'd, never correct till the fume is spent; for every stroke our fury strikes, is sure to hit our selves at last.

There is another serious thing to which many young men become addicted. This is anger. With the least provocation they explode into tantrums of uncontrolled rage. It is pitiful to see someone so weak. But even worse, they are prone to lose all sense of reason and do things which bring later regret.