DeMarcus Cousins Quotes

I'm never going to get in a fight in public again.

Talking back and being quite aggressive about stuff and not giving a care in the world about anyone. So it was more, I think, that way and I think that's what happened in that party when I stood in between two people.

People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.

I don't walk into a dinner party and say, 'You're an idiot; give me my coat.'

I have thrown chairs, but only during football matches. Generally, I am well-behaved. I do not like to make people angry.

I was never a big guy in pubs. I was never the main kind of aggressor or anything like that, but I found myself in trouble because I always had a mouth that would come back with something, and there was just never anyone who could make me be quiet.

All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.

The havoc wrought by war, which one compares with the havoc wrought by nature, is not an unavoidable fate before which man stands helpless. The natural forces that are the cause of war are human passions, which it lies in our power to change. What are culture and civilization if not the taming of blind forces within us as well as in nature?

I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.

I don't think aggression works like thirst or sleep. I think aggression is more elicited by particular situations. I think it can be mitigated.

This question: 'How do I deal with a bully without becoming a thug in return?' has been with me ever since I was a child.

I don't go to clubs and stuff like that, so I don't have to put up with it in there. And normally, because obviously I could hurt somebody, and if I look at it that way, I have to back off.

Fighting is not a man's thing, it is a human thing.

I believe in teaching manners without causing fisticuffs.

I know there's an impression that I'm someone who seeks to have violent confrontations with people. I don't. Do I regret screaming at some guy who practically clipped my kid in the head with the lens of a camera? Yeah, I probably do, because it's only caused me problems.

Fighting is not something you can just turn off.

You can promote fights - of course, you have to - you can say 'I'll beat you' or whatever, but you cannot put family, religion, anything like that in the mix. You need to separate things. That is a line a lot of fighters cross.

In a confrontational situation, you'll get their gut. And I want their gut! And that's why people watch this show!

I'm no longer bossy in the honest sense; I've mastered (mistressed) the art of passive-aggression.

I was never the person to try and be the centre of attention or to talk a lot. I was always the person who, if you say something, I'd just punch you in your face. For real.

When you're little, you're taught not to look at, like, if your opponent gets angry or anything.

It's weird, because realistically, I'm the average person. I got in one fight my whole entire life.

I love making friends and make others happy. But I also love to be happy all the time. All that aggression that you see remains on the court only.

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.'

If it amuses you to hit people, you do boxing - you do taekwondo - whatever you want. But you don't play football.