Javier Mascherano Quotes

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

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.

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

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

The most important thing I learned during games is to be calmer, to try to smooth over other people's or my own mistakes, and not to tackle people unnecessarily. Patience was key for me.

Some people have bigger egos than others. You have to take a lot of abuse, and take it in and not respond, because you don't want conflicts on the movie, you don't want to start screaming at people even when they treat you - even when they're not behaving properly, because you want them to do their job, and keep on doing it.

I'm not someone who feels anger on particular issues.

If I become defensive and upset right away, then that's going to adversely affect how I deal with it and it's probably not going to be good press for me and probably be bad just because I'm angry. Just be open and pleasant.

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

I never raise my voice!

You can be stern and forthright, and that's my management style, but when you lose it totally, that's a sign of weakness.

It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.

I never yell or scream. I mean, definitely not at work. I never yell at anyone I work with.

If I feel frustrated in a situation, I take a deep breath and walk away.

Losing your patience and your temper isn't the most attractive thing, but as kids get older, you wind up raising your voice.

Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade.

I try to show a little bit of excitement, only when I'm on the court, but off the court I'm just chill.

If I'm mad or showing my frustration, the whole team's gonna be like that, techs, and people are going to go down. So I just try to keep the even keel. That's why I don't get too high or too low. I've been playing like that my whole life. It's just natural for me.

You have to control your anger - you can't be a baby when you lose.

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.

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.

When someone gets angry during a training session but then does their job, there's no problem; it's fine.

I feel like we sometimes let our emotions and anger get in the way.

If someone drops a catch, and I get angry, will that catch come back to us? It won't. Therefore, it is better to be cool, because that helps in better performance.

Basketball is a non-aggressive game. So when emotions are high, there's a very low chance to get angry or yell. So that's why it never happens out there.