Iman Quotes

Our relationship is very good. When Ibra gets annoyed, I prefer not to reply because I know how he can react. I prefer to calmly count to ten.

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.

If somebody pisses me off and I understand it ain't personal then I'll go to another place and I'll meditate.

When you're going bad, sometimes you need to relax more. I've always been intense. I didn't need to be more intense.

I don't like to get angry. It doesn't make me feel good. It is very human, but it's also a loss of control, and I like to have that kind of control.

I can turn around and scream and get angry, but I turn around and I forget about it.

Get into the habit of always speaking calmly to everyone. This will prevent you from anger, a serious character flaw…

Anger is an emotion, not a compass.

First of all, I yell very little, just so you know. Maybe years ago I did more, but I yell very little.

Before boxing, I was this angry kid ready to fight if someone said, 'Hello.'

I can be plenty frustrated and not have to constantly portray myself as upset and angry at the world.

I'm not a player that gets angry, especially not with coaches.

Once I argue with somebody, I'm cool; I let it pass. I'm back to playing basketball.

I've got to control my emotions. When I fight out of emotions, it doesn't end up so well.

I'll never be that guy who's going to yell and scream at people.

I'm one of those guys who, when I'm frustrated, do not get vocal.

Yeah, I get frustrated. But I try not to let those frustrations get out into the media or get out onto the court in my play.

I want to show I can control my emotion and aggression and stay calm.

It costs me a lot to stay calm during a game.

Sometimes, people say, 'You need to fight smart.' After a fight gets started I don't know what happens with me. I feel crazy. A lot of times my coach says, 'Calm down. Calm.'

Okay, take a deep breath, I told myself. Don't go all hormonal. Get the facts straight. Have a mental doughnut.

Sometimes we get very frustrated here on court. It is tough to control. It is a mistake.

Well, I'm not a violent person. You have to back off. People sometimes will try you and try you until you try not to, but you have to react. Normally, I just walk away.

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.

I used to fly off the handle in everyday life, but I'm a little calmer now.