Smriti Mandhana Quotes

I tend to not wallow too much in sentiment if I can avoid it.

I keep a lot of things inside. I don't like showing too much emotion. Early in the minor leagues, they wanted me to show more emotion, but it wasn't me.

As a footballer, I have always found it better not to be too emotional. Better to be cool, consistent, clinical. Celebrate goals, yes, but keep your feelings for those you trust most.

Even as a boy, my dad always told me, 'Don't show emotion.' If I banged my cue, he would give me a row and say, 'Stop that.' Don't show any petulance. It was developed, certainly, but I think you have got to have it in you.

The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.

As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.

It is not in my character to be so emotional.

The big difference between a warrior and a victim is that the victim represses and the warrior refrains. Victims repress because they are afraid to show the emotions, afraid to say what they want to say. To refrain is not the same thing as repression. To refrain is to hold the emotions and to express them in the right moment, not before, not later. That is why warriors are impeccable.

Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.

Emotional self-control is the result of hard work, not an inherent skill.

He who keeps his cool best wins.

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.

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down.

I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps.

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

I hold a lot of things in. I'm always making sure everybody is okay. I usually don't rage; I usually don't curse. So for me, it's a great thing to be able to scream and say whatever I want.

I tend to wear my emotions on my sleeve. I've had my share of mood swings, believe me. But it's a powerful thing when you realize that you have dominion over your behavior and your passions.

I'm much softer than people think. I don't present to the world an emotional face. I'm pretty good at self-control, but I am easily moved.

The trick is to learn to contain one's ego, not conceal it.

That's the most beautiful thing that I like about boxing: you can take a punch. The biggest thing about taking a punch is your ego reacts and there's no better spiritual lesson than trying to not pay attention to your ego's reaction. That's what takes people out of the fight half the time.

If I'm uncomfortable, you'd never know.

Self-control is true power.

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

I'm good at keeping on top of my emotions and not letting them influence the fight.